{"id":25153,"date":"2016-09-08T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com?p=25153&#038;preview_id=25153"},"modified":"2025-03-16T03:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T03:21:59","slug":"paint-a-console-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/2016\/09\/08\/paint-a-console-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn a Working Console TV into a Piece of Art!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25159\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Turn-a-Working-Console-TV-into-a-Piece-of-Art-.png\" alt=\"We'll show you how we took an old working console TV and turned it into a piece of art with nothing more than some paint! It made a perfect gaming TV!\" width=\"630\" height=\"995\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24959\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/>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&#8217;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&#8217;s used solely for gaming. This is part of our &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/2015\/09\/28\/buff-your-stuff-cheap-decor-transforming-old-into-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buff Your Stuff<\/a>&#8221; series where you take old things and make them new! You might especially enjoy our makeover, <a href=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/2016\/08\/31\/refurbishing-furntiture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refurbishing Furniture with Modern Colors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24959\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/>Console TV Makeover Supplies<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">White and yellow paint<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Silver paint for handles<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2c5NhbU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Painters tape<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24959\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/>Photos<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is the $20 TV we found at Salvation Army.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25161\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Turn-a-Working-Console-TV-into-a-Piece-of-Art-4.jpg\" alt=\"We'll show you how we took an old working console TV and turned it into a piece of art with nothing more than some paint! It made a perfect gaming TV!\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25162\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Turn-a-Working-Console-TV-into-a-Piece-of-Art-5.jpg\" alt=\"We'll show you how we took an old working console TV and turned it into a piece of art with nothing more than some paint! It made a perfect gaming TV!\" width=\"630\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is how it turned out!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25164\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Turn-a-Working-Console-TV-into-a-Piece-of-Art-9.png\" alt=\"We'll show you how we took an old working console TV and turned it into a piece of art with nothing more than some paint! It made a perfect gaming TV!\" width=\"630\" height=\"740\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s the perfect gaming TV. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25163\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Turn-a-Working-Console-TV-into-a-Piece-of-Art-8.png\" alt=\"We'll show you how we took an old working console TV and turned it into a piece of art with nothing more than some paint! It made a perfect gaming TV!\" width=\"630\" height=\"813\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24959\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25165\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Turn-a-Working-Console-TV-into-a-Piece-of-Art-SQ.png\" alt=\"We'll show you how we took an old working console TV and turned it into a piece of art with nothing more than some paint! It made a perfect gaming TV!\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24959\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/blank630x20-1.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s have changed but you can still find these at thrift stores, which we did. 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