Do you remember this mix-and-match coffee table found with a warped top? I sanded the top down (very inefficiently as I recall) and painted it white to hide the monstrosity sanding job underneath.
It was a fine coffee table and footrest for many days, but eventually I reached a point where I didn't need the coffee table anymore, probably because I was going to move (again). Such a realization coincided with a friend wanting a low table for her office to hold plants. Perfect.
Recipient Friend wanted colorful, and thus, teal spray paint joined the party.
Eventually we got to a good point, or we ran out of spray paint, by now I don't remember.
Now she lives in glossy teal splendour, with a window view and some plants for healthy decoration. Not a bad reincarnation as table reincarnations go, or so I am told.
Happy freestyling!