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Yesterday I bought a nice nice new stereo. Well, it's not a stereo.. It's one of those.. shelf audio system things. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I can't explain anything to save my life. Anyway, I bought it with the sole intention of mounting it on my wall, but I spoke to my dad and he said the walls are most definitely too thin. I live in a pretty old townhouse, so I guess it's understandable.

SO.. this is what I'm thinking of doing. I have very little space in my room, so I think I may get a small table of some sort to put under my window (once again I can't explain things), so it needs to be kind of short (almost sitting on the floor but not quite), but long enough that the stereo will fit on it with the speakers. It's kind of wide. I was thinking of buying a table from the thrift store, but my money is gone, so I'm lucky if I have at least 20 bucks. If I do buy a table from the thrift store, I want to decorate it. I want to paint it. How would I go about doing this? Would I sand it first? Would acrylic paints work?

If I can't find a cheap table, I was thinking of making one. There's a dumpster around with a lot of scrap wood in it (hey a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do) so I was thinking of grabbing some from there. However, I have no idea how to go about making a table. I'd probably end up painting this too. Unless the wood is unfinished, I'd probably have to sand it too, right?

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!