The Garage Sale Table

Good Monday Morning! I hope you all had some fun and enjoyed this past weekend!


Back in early June, I shared a few things that we had picked up at a local garage sale for a total of $17. We, of course, adore the little light fixture that hangs in our baby girl's nursery (which was a $2 score), but what I was really looking forward to, was transforming the round wood coffee table that we had snagged for $7!

It wasn't in the best of shape (someone did an awful job trying to stain it), but we saw past that and I knew it was exactly what I wanted for our otherwise very square living room. So, home it came, and it spent a great deal of time sitting around in the garage, before B took it upon himself to try and strip off some of that stain...

After this, it was once again left on it's own in our garage. Come mid-July, B's parents came to stay with us while we all anxiously awaited the arrival of Halle. While B was off at work one day, and his Mom and I were inside keeping cool, his Dad headed outside and started sanding this rough looking table (this was only the beginning of the projects B parents worked away on while they came to stay! Honestly, they were SO HELPFUL, I could barely stay caught up on what they were helping us accomplish from our to do list!)...

Of course, as soon as it was all sanded I realized I needed to decide quickly on what I wanted to do with this table. B was insistent that it would not be painted, as the table was far too nice, so I had to make a decision on a stain. After an evening walking around IKEA (back when we were still waiting on Halle to arrive), I spotted some furniture that had a greyish colour to the wood. I let B know it was what I wanted, and after our little girl arrived, I gave him the "Ok" to head out and pick out the stain. Him and his Dad spent a day working on it, and just last week he finished it up.

It's not as grey as I had initially envisioned but I am happy with it... especially happy to have a nice round table in our living room to break up all of the hard angles, and get rid of the old IKEA table that we've had since we moved into our first apartment in February of 2009. Here's a look at it all finished...

(Keeping it real here people... there was little to no effort on the cleaning / styling front for this photo... now you know why there are no living room photos in our home tour...)

Parker and Halle approve...

It's great how much less space it takes up! Makes our room look a tad larger and will be really great come Christmas when our tree is up! There will definitely be more walking space (Thank God!). I also realize that our living room needs a lot of TLC. We're not ready for a full on renovation, so for the time being I will be making small changes that spruce the space up. Next on my list - I'd like a new slipcover for our Ektorp couch and chair, and some better curtains for our windows (the ones right now are not long OR wide enough... they came with the house). So the hunt is on for both... and for a decent price! 

Are there any rooms in your house that you're just itching to change up, or a room that is evolving ever so slowly?