Recovering a card table

I was wanting a card table to have around the house. So I started looking at the stores to see how much a new card table would run me. Then I remembered I had an old card table at my parents house. I forgot the card table was a little beat up.

I wanted to see if there was a way to recover the table and sure enough pinterest helped me out with these two options. One lady used a hot glue gun and the other lady used a staple gun.

I headed to Hobby Lobby to collect my needed supplies....

Table Covering (this could be a table cloth or material cut) - I found these table cloth materials, see the backing had the soft cushion. It was $4.99 at HL, but I got it on sale for $3.29!!!

Spray Paint for frame - this is optional. I wanted my frame to match the new top

Hot Glue Gun or Staple Gun & Staples - I used a Hot Glue Gun because I didn't want the expense of buying a staple gun

Screw Driver - I used a phillips to remove the screws from the table and a flat one to help pop the staples out from the old covering

I picked the grey and white material, and see the backing.

Remove the top by flipping the table upside down and removing the screws. Somehow I managed not to get a picture of this. Probably because I couldn't remove all the screws from the table and had to go get my neighbors electric screw driver.

Once the top is removed spray your frame. I ended up spraying mine a few times to make sure it was coated. In between the different coats of paint I continued on with the project. Don't forget to not only spray the frame standing on its feet but also upside down to ensure you cover the bottom of the frame and feet!

Remove old top and all the staples. Some of the staples will come out as you pull the top off but I also used a small flat head screw driver to finish popping them all off the top.

You will be left with a blank canvas.

Lay down the new top and pull it flat. Cut the edges down to where it can be pulled over. I glued one edge at a time, leaving the corners undone, cut the next edge, then glue it. This way I was able to tug at it and not have cut off too much.

I used the hot glue gun and only glued small areas at a time.

I would hold the edge down for a few minutes then move on to the next area.

The corners were a little tricky. I folded down the corner and glued it. Then folded the areas left standing down. Sounds complicated but it wasn't.

And there you have it. A brand new cute top!

Screw the newly covered top onto the newly painted frame and there you have it. A cute custom redone card table for $5 and less than 2 hours of my time!!