It Came From the Trash

I recently discovered Donna's blog, Funky Junk Interiors. And I have been SO inspired! Not only does she have some amazing projects, but after reading her post about how she got to where she is now, it was truly uplifting. So I really wanted to participate in her "Gitter Done" series.

I had these grand plans of getting Hubby to help, and together we would build an entertainment center for the big tv or even really cool bunk beds for the kids. Because he took the weekend off, so we had p-l-e-n-t-y of time...right?

Saturday was spent running around, touring places in Madison we have never been. And I will say, that is a blog post by itself.

But there was Sunday, right? Then he asked. Grown man, Husband, Bread Winner, asked me if he's friend in Birmingham drove down of Sunday, could they go play golf? What would YOU say? Of course, I said "Sure!" And re-planned my thinking.

"I can do this by myself", "There is a ton of smaller things I can do, but what can I do that would really make a BIG impact, and leave me feeling like I DID something?"

Then I saw it. The trash-turned-treasure coffetable that I found along side the road. I have another, beautiful iron coffetable, that has a glass top. Well, DID have a glass top. During one of our moves, it broke. So we have been without. And when I initially saw this piece of junk, I was really just wanting to take the legs (I have a think with wooden legs. There was another table on the same junk pile that I talked Hubby into attempting to take, but they were screwed in too tight) . Then I used it for awhile as a display table for my shop.

So when we moved into this house, the table made it's way in front of the sofa, and there it has sat, ugly as all get out but withstanding two kids playing on it, using is as a diving board, as a make-shift dinner table. And it never complained.

So I decided it was time to make it fit in.

And let me say one quick thing. This table is solid wood, it's heavy!!

After sanding down the few spots there were left of the finish, I perused my stash of leftover cans of paint. I really wasn't even sure what color I was going for, I was just using what I had!

( Insert picture of base coat, then a top coat, then another top coat, then some weird brushing with an old paint brush, all the while running back inside for this or that or to change a diaper or fix the munchkins something to eat, you get the picture!)


And Then....

it was done!

Back in it's spot in front of the sofa

And I honestly had no intention of this matching!
But I have had this little tin for a long time and
just LOVE the colors in it!
Oh, you don't know how happy I am
every time I see this now!

I would like to thank Donna for inspiring me to tackle this project. I am SO READY to tackle some more!!

You have been warned...LOL!!

And I would like to thank all of you who have stopped by my blog within the last few weeks. I have meet some really wonderful people...I don't get out of the house ( not having a car kinda puts a damper on getting outta the house!) Plus we have moved so much, it's sometimes hard to make good friends. So thanks to each of you that has become a new friend of mine. I really appreciate it :0)

~♥~