Finally, a Furniture Makeover [Don't be mad, mom!]

I have this chest.
Not that chest; get your mind out of the gutter, people. A chest of DRAWERS.
It might be a vanity. But I am going to go with a sideboard.

This sideboard, given to me by my mother a few years back, is beautiful. It still has the mirror, even though it's not been attached in quite some time (I have it elsewhere in the house). Here's a picture of Nic's Cowboy birthday from last December... where I used it as a drink station. Also, used the mirror for a saloon look.

In fact, the sideboard has been sitting along side my kitchen island. A place to house our placemats and kitchen towels. I love the character is adds to the space, but I've always been keen on perhaps lightening it up a bit. It's antique, but I am not sure how old it is. I didn't want to take away the beauty of the piece, simply enhance it.

Here is the before picture. A beauty, but in need of some TLC. I sanded it up a little. Primed the base of the sideboard, and added a walnut stain to the drawers and top. I knew I wasn't going to start from bare wood, so I didn't sand too much. The walnut stain just enhanced the existing color, deepened it a little. And the primer got me ready to spray the sideboard Heirloom White from Rust-Oleum.

It was well over 100 degrees today, so it dried rather quickly. I did a few coats of the stain, one coat of the primer and two coats of the white. I was originally going to paint the base Lagoon, also by Rust-Oleum.
I LOVE the color...

But I think I will bring it in elsewhere in the kitchen. Once I saw what the primer looked like on the sideboard, I knew it was the white right thing to do.

The kitchen is a COMPLETE work in progress. Of course, the basics are there, and they look lovely. But I really want to give is some character. One of the next things I am going to work on is raising the curtain rods up HIGHER and adding swagalicious white curtains. Perhaps the white will have SOME print on them, but mostly white, is what I am thinking. We also have plans to add window ledges. All of our walls have rounded edges. Blah, no fun. So we are going to add ledges like the one we did in my office.

I picked up some stainless steel looking knobs from Home Depot, $1.27 each. They go nicely with the appliances.

So that's it for now... I am off to go scrub all of this spray paint off of me. I never remember to wear gloves. You'd think after 2 years... lol..

Anyway, hope you have a wonderful start to your week!

xoxo,
me.

It completes me.

Well... maybe not *ME* - but I think it does a wonderful job completing the family room. Furniture wise, anyway.

I mentioned yesterday that we went to several stores... one was this one:

 

We'd never been there before... We actually found it by accident, looking for a new Goodwill to scour.

We weren't at the donation door to drop stuff off... rather, we were there to pick up our latest thrift store find (cue handmade logo)...

We walked right in. I thought some items were a tad over priced, but we kept looking.

My eyes scanned the large, open store for the furniture section.

It was love at first site.

I didn't even sit in it.

(the hubby did, though)

It was the right size, color, shape, style, color, shape - it was perfect!

In my eyes anyway.

And seriously... it was the only chair there that did not have any rips, stains, or sagging issues.

We all hate sagging issues, don't we?!

The price tag indicated the chair was $40.
The sign out in front of the store said it was 50% off day.
We stole that chair for $20 buckaroos.

When I was trying to describe the chair to my mom, I think she was a little worried that we picked up a 70s high back. I think it's fairly new... at least within the last couple years. Even if it's not - it was taken care of quite loverly.

I spent all morning cleaning it up. I probably used a whole bottle of Fabreeze (love that stuff!)...
and used the shop vac to make sure I got everything off of it I could.

After all that, Isabel and I lugged it into the house and worked out it's final resting place.
I think.
Eventually, I want the tile to extend into the family room. I think that will help with the positioning of the chair.

I am pleased with the way the room is shaping up.
And I'd like to point out that the coffee table was a Goodwill find ($12), the end table was a Goodwill find ($9) and the lamp & shade were also from Goodwill ($9).

I love thrift stores.                                                                                                                                   

Even better? One less person has to sit in a folding chair come Christmas Eve. YAY!

I don't even drink coffee!!

At Goodwill on Saturday, Marcos and I found a square coffee table. I think square fits our space best...
The table is an orangey-yellow and has superficial scratches in a few areas.

For just over $12, we are PLEASED with this sturdy piece of furniture.  Marcos says it's my job to sand it - and he will stain it. Oh, have I got my work cut out for me. But, I think the finished piece will be perfect.

I really, really, really want to bring some cream into the family room, so I am suggesting cream on the lower half and then stain the top with a walnut. I just need to find some examples to show the spouse.

Pinterest, here I come!