How to Add Racing Stripes to Nesting Tables

The DIY experts at HGTV Magazine recreated this flea market find. Here’s how you can, too.
racing stripe nesting tables

Racing Stripe Nesting Tables

Try this DIY from HGTV Magazine's Flea Market Flip Blowout!

Photo by: Marko Metzinger

Marko Metzinger

Materials Needed

  • paint (one color per table)
  • paintbrush
  • delicate-surface painter’s tape
  • white paint for stripes

Step 1

Paint each table a different color, and let dry.

Step 2

Use delicate-surface painter’s tape to tape off a 2 1/2-inch-wide stripe down the center of the table and a 1-inch-wide stripe on each side of it. Fill in the stripes with at least two coats of white paint. Remove the tape while the paint is still slightly wet. Let dry.

Find even more DIYs in the Flea Market Flips Blowout!

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