"Special Deal" on a French Find

I found this beauty at Savers last week. I have only been there twice and had never bought furniture there...but when I saw this piece, I had to have it. I have resized and cropped this pic 4x and this is what I'm getting. Sorry!



It was priced at $24.99, which is more than I would've normally paid...but I loved it, so I was ready to buy. Since I'd never bought there before, I asked the guy in furniture if they would load it up for me. He said "Yep..if you'll pay cash, I'll give it to you for $20". Who was I to argue? He told me to meet him in the back and he'd load it up.



When I opened up the back of my SUV, he quietly said "You can just put the money in the back". And that's when I realized that I was ripping off Savers...unknowingly. This guy was pocketing the cash. I felt immediate guilt, but didn't feel safe saying anything at that point. So, I got a deal at the expense of Savers. Onto the reveal...



I sanded the top...the wood was in great condition! I painted the base a robin's egg blue..it's so pretty. A mistint gallon that I got at a garage sale (full...never opened!) for $2. I stained the top with Provencial from Minwax...which is a shade lighter than Dark Walnut. I liked it, but didn't love it, so I ended up doing the dark walnut over the provencial...and it worked great. I sprayed the hardware with ORB, put Minwax Wipe-On Poly on the top, and here you have it. She's my new favorite!





















~Allison



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Thrifting Jackpot

This morning it was raining again, and being a holiday, I assumed everything was closed. On a whim, I checked the Goodwill website and like a choir of angels singing, it said "Open Memorial Day...green, yellow, blue tags and furniture 50% off".



People, I was out the door faster than ever...with my 22 month in tow. I hit up 2 Goodwills and SCORED.



For a grand total of $20, I got all of this!









This was the vase before I sprayed it with semi-gloss white. I had to paint it right away...I have the patience of a gnat.





I could've bought several other pieces of furniture, but I was good today. And if you look on the left of the first 2 pictures, you'll get a sneak peek of the french table I'll show you tomorrow. I looourve it!



~Allison



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Missing in Action

This house has been B-U-S-Y this week. I'm just sitting down to catch my breath! I've been painting a large, white armoire while having a sick kid. He's had a 104 fever for 3 days (thank you Roseola!) followed by a double ear infection. Round 2 of ear tubes is scheduled for July...thank goodness!



And then there's this:



My oldest graduated from preschool today *sob*



I sometimes let the projects that I want to finish for myself take a back seat to projects for others. In the last month, I've finished a few projects for myself...and that makes me happy!



Remember my grandpa's desk that I did here? Well, I finally had some nice enough weather to get out the spray paint. In my opinion, the only way to paint chairs is with a good ole' can of spray paint. In this case, Rustoleum Heirloom White.



I tried to find a different chair that would work....but the opening for the desk is so small, that this was the only one that worked. Here is a before of the chair. You'll have to imagine the seat cover because it was too hideous to show. Seriously. My mother, bless her heart, tried to cute up a room years ago and recovered it with an old pillow case that, at the time, may have looked nice. It burned my eyes to look at it and I wanted to save you all from that pain.





And the After





It now sits with the desk up in our "currently being redone" guestroom. I just ordered the duvet cover for that room and am SO excited for the reveal to come!



The last thing is the banner I made for our front door. I'm possibly the last DIYer in blogland to do this, but I love it anyway :)







That'll have to tide you over for now...I've got a super french table in the works! Stay tuned!



~Allison



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