Friday, April 29, 2011

Friday Find

For a while, we had been feeling that our coffee table was a little too narrow and a little too long.

One day this winter, I was in our Goodwill, and I saw a coffee table right in the middle of all the other furniture. I wedged my way in only to discover that it looked to be the perfect shape and size and was only $10! Of course I thought, if this doesn't work out, JC will just be out of lunch money for one day! What's a girl to do? I had her loaded in the back of the Yukon, and I brought her home!

This is the before...not really my taste (reddish wood with hunter green accents).

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Of course, this table was not in the best of shape, but I knew that I would be painting it so I didn't worry too much about the scratches.

I was very happy when I opened the drawer and saw this label...
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I honestly didn't spend a lot of time on this piece. I quickly put two coats of grayish-white paint on with one coat of polyurethane. I found those knobs at W*rld Market, but I am not sure I am sold on them just yet.

And here's the finished product. The size and proportion are much better for our space.

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Maybe a week later, I was flipping through my current P*ttery Barn catalog, and guess what jumped out at me?
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Isn't this table gorgeous? This is the Newberry Rectangular Coffee Table. I do love this table, but my checking account LOVES the $689.99 that I did not spend to buy it!

Happy Friday Y'all!

10 comments:

Love Being A Nonny said...

WOW!!!!!!!!! Love the vision you have!!! looks great! And, I love the knobs!

Screaming Meme said...

You GO, Girl!!!! :) Hi, Im Meme from Screaming Meme. I wanted to stop in and let you know about my giveaway series. This week is a slipcover...next week is a surprise...:) I hope you can stop in and sign up for one of them...I look forward to your visit.

Xo, Meme

Mouth of the South said...

AWESOME!!! Looks great! I totally need to come to your house soon, because I am sure that I will have a fit! I just did a piece today with grayish blue paint...LOVE!!

Lakeshore Cottage Living said...

You did an incredible job on that table...you need to have another giveaway with that table as the prize and I need to win it! lol ;)

I hope you have a great weekend!

Jodee said...

Great find and makeover too! Hope you have a great weekend!

bevy said...

AGAIN, you amaze me! Hope you have washable paint on it as my boys would get all kinds of mess on it in my house! Good find!!!

Dawn Garlow said...

CSC!!! LOVE the table. You are so incredibly creative! I can't wait to start on my "finds" too. :o) We should redo our furniture together!!

FUN!!! FUN!!!!

Inga said...

Love this. So, I went to a flea market today and Im working on "seeing" something in furniture. I am going to show a friend of mine this. She purchased a table it was black, but her deal wasn't $10 she got it for $50.

fleur de lis cottage said...

You did a great job! I love it!!

CarolinaGirl said...

Look at you Miss Thang (insert southern twang) It looks amazing!

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