Depending on your age you might remember having a console TV when you were growing up. They were big televisions with a wood case built around them and were considered a piece of the furniture. Times and TV’s have changed but you can still find these at thrift stores, which we did. This one was $20 and it worked! We decided to give this old TV a modern look for our living room. It’s used solely for gaming. This is part of our “Buff Your Stuff” series where you take old things and make them new! You might especially enjoy our makeover, Refurbishing Furniture with Modern Colors.
Console TV Makeover Supplies
- White and yellow paint
- Silver paint for handles
- Painters tape
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This is the $20 TV we found at Salvation Army.
We chose our colors and then taped off areas. The main console was white and we used yellow as a contrast. The gold handles were removed and painted silver.
This is how it turned out!
It’s the perfect gaming TV. 
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Oh!!!! This is so FUN!!!! What a great way to revive a tv console. Love it!
Thanks Christine!
Hi. What type of paint was used. Can I have the steps. From A-Z. Ex…. Primer ect I have been wanting to try this.
Your Mid Century TV project was my featured for this week Inspiration Galore Project Pty. Thanks for posting.
Thank you so much!
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You did a wonderful job upcycling that TV! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at the DI & DI Link Party. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed having you.
Thanks Christine!
This is so much fun! I have one of these that tragically doesn’t work but I was planning on making a shelf out of it for my step son to have his little tv on 🙂 And I also wanted to mention that the Wednesday “To Grandma’s House We Go” link party just started over at grandmashousediy.com and I thought you might be interested in joining it, thanks!
I’ve seen quite a few cool things made from them including a dog bed! I’ll check out your party Tarah!
Great use for a vintage TV. Thanks for sharing at Inspiration Galore Project Project Pty. Pinning
You’re very welcome!
It always makes me happy to see items given a second life. Your TV console turned out fun and jazzy. Thanks for sharing at the #ThisIsHowWeRoll Link Party. Pinning now.
Thanks Susan. It’s certainly amazing what a little paint will do!
Super fun! I imagine these are hard to come by nowadays. Great for a kids playroom. Visiting from Craft School Sunday.
Yeah even thrift stores tend to have keep them. But we lucked out. Thanks for stopping by Victoria!