Last week I realized I hadn't made a trip to Goodwill in a while, so when I drove by there, something told me to stop. I'm so glad I did because I stumbled upon this:
A perfect unpainted table! I didn't have to clean up anyones mess! I got a steal of a deal, and it even came with a kidney shaped GLASS TOP!!!
As I inspected the table, I began to wonder its story. It looked like someone took stair spindles and attached them to an old vanity top. I love the legs! They seriously look just like our stair spindles.
Anyways, upon even closer inspection, I realized someone tried to hot glue fabric to the sides of the table top. (Hence I'm thinking the vanity theory).
I scraped, scraped, and scraped. But finally the stickiness and glue came off! I was ready to paint!
I decided on an oops color from Home Depot. It didn't have a color name on it, but it's a limey-green.
It didn't have any dimension to it, so I decided to glaze it with Ralph Lauren's Tobacco. After it dried, I applied Annie Sloan's wax and ended up with this!
You might be wondering why the wood looks like it's separating. Well it is, so it can do this!
The drawers are hidden and it's got an old swing out vanity support top! It would make a great small laptop desk, tall end table, foyer table, the possibilities are endless!
Look for this in my store! The hubbs loved it, but not enough to keep it.
So one last look at Before.....Meets After!
I'm linking up here:
What a great find, and a great transformation! I just painted a table too-bright green!
ReplyDeleteOh I just love the shade of green you chose!
ReplyDeletethis turned out beautifully! I've never used glaze but I can see how much it adds....will have to use it on my next piece!
ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous transformation, love the color you used, what i hate abt furniture makeover is the sanding/scraping part , urghhh but the result worths it!!
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How adorable I just passed one up at the hospice sale just like that though it did not have the glass and they wanted $40. Lil two pricey I thought now I wish I had bought it after seeing yours looks beautiful and love the shade of green!!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think the sides are that come out? Maybe to hang your clothes on???
Great job on the table! I'm your latest fan courtesy of Homemaker on a dime! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteXOXO,
Tasha
Oooooh, pretty! I'm tellin' ya girl...if only I had a bigger house, I'd scoop up some of these gems in a hurry!!
ReplyDeleteWow! It looks so sweet! The glaze and the wax sure changed the paint color~love it!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love it. Such a pretty color. Sometimes those 'oops' colors are the best.
ReplyDeleteLove the green! Great choice!
ReplyDeletethat is adorable! i love the fun green color!!!
ReplyDeleteLisa, this is such an awesome transformation. Question, how did you make the glass on top make it perfectly shaped like the top of your table? Did you go HOme Depot to cut it for you?
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking this awesome post at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop :) Hope you don't mind me asking you to join us again this Sunday.
Interesting, I recently painted a desk that has REALLY similar lines. It also became green. I wonder if all little desks like this will one day become green works of art!
ReplyDeleteI always wonder the back story of my pieces, where did it come from, how did someone else use this?
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Great job on the table. I love seeing people's creative side in re-creating so I look forward to more from you since I found your blog from Design It Chic Boost Your Blog and I am a new follower. I hope you will follow me back http://talesfrommyjournal.blogspot.com I also have facebook and if you do too, I will follow you back, just leave me a note http://www.facebook.com/DeniseMartin.LillaRose
ReplyDeleteThat is just gorgeous Lisa! I can't believe you found that at GW and with a glass top too...amazing! You did a great job giving it new life and we love that you linked it up to our Inspiration Friday party this week!
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Hi, I just popped in from Monday Metamophosis at "Between Naps....". I've been wandering around, fun blog!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child, the type of vanity that you have was very popular with our mothers and grandmothers. Those little pull out "wings" were used for camouflage!! You attached a ruffly and feminine table skirt to the outer edge of the wings. When closed, you couldn't tell it had drawers, yet they were easily opened to access the drawers and to sit down in front of the mirror that was usually a part of the piece. Every refined lady (!) had a vanity at which she performed her daily "toilette". You know, what we call putting on our make-up!
Check out any 1930s movie to see what I mean!! :)
I have the exact table and I just refinished it for my daughter. This is what I can tell you. My mother-in-law owned mine from the time she was 14. She's 70, now. The finish on yours is exactly the way mine was. I was wondering about that horrible pink. It must have been how they were made by the manufacturer. FYI, if your side pieces are sticking, I waxed mine and they slide very well. Happy refinishing!
ReplyDeletewhat you have is a "kidney bean dresser"... not sure when exactly, but we had one in my family 50s/60s and i'd love to know where it went! the normal practice was to attach, usually with upholstery tacks, a skirt around the edge, opening at the front, using those arms to keep it open to access the drawers... our dresser was a bird's eye maple veneer - looks like yours may have been also?
ReplyDeleteyou are right, mellodee! the skirt was attached to the arms, or wings... i remember now.
ReplyDeleteyou are right, mellodee! the skirt was attached to the arms, or wings... i remember now.
ReplyDeleteOh, this brings back so many memories of when my dad had an old junk store. Me & mama always wanted to take it home.
ReplyDeleteI inherited this same type table from my grandmother-in-law. I always wondered what the "wings" were for!
ReplyDeleteI just got one of these--just like it minus the glass--at our Goodwill store for $8! Can't wait to give it a makeover!
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