Do you need a dedicated work place but live in a small space with little extra room? I have built a convertible workstation for exactly that, small space living. I used thrifted items and transformed them into beautiful decor.
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HOW TO BUILD A CONSOLE TABLE - furniture recycling
This will feel like deja vu to some of you that the last post about the first gate leg table I did. I had two of them marked at $5 at our yard sale yet neither sold. I always feel bad for the stuff left behind and it some how re-invigorates me to find the time to give things a second chance.
HOW TO MAKE A SOFA TABLE - recycling furniture
I hate seeing vintage furniture made of real wood get discarded. Folks just can't see the potential. That's what happened recently to two gate leg tables I tried selling at our yard sale. I saw many ladies looking and thinking then I would hear a husband say "No".
VINTAGE KEY HANGERS - combining wood with white
I find something very appealing about natural
worn wood working next to a fresh white
palette. The old pieces of wood I use for
projects like this are from vintage furniture
that have gone past the point of saving in
there original form. The wood used behind
this painted tree & house key hanger was
the side of a deep filing drawer in a turn of
the century desk almost a half inch thick.
SEARS BONNET DRESSER - french provincial before and after
Do you have one of those popular
dressers made by Sears back in the
day? The brand was Bonnet and
they were so chic that all the girls and ladies had them in their rooms.
Here is how I gave mine a new look.
BUILDING A HALL TREE FROM AN OLD DOOR - annie sloan country grey
This is a hall tree I made using a vintage door. I thought outside of the box on this project for all the small details. Let me shared where they all came from or what they use to be.
BENCH BUILDING TIPS - 1950's bed to mudroom bench
I have built a lot of benches in my lifetime. This one however was built using a bed frame from the 1950's.
BENCH BUILT FROM A BED - emperors silk red
I adore building fun and useful furniture from salvaged items and many times the pieces are donated.
HOW TO BUILD A CONSOLE TABLE - using an ammo box
I'm re-sharing this post
with more building details
for others who want to re-
purpose their own ammo
box.
SOFA TABLE FROM A SEWING TABLE - parts used to build
I built this sofa table starting with a sewing machine cabinet I purchased at a thrift store.
The finish was in fair shape but many of the moving wood parts didn't work properly anymore,
and the machine wouldn't lift out of the cabinet to use.
The legs are what really caught my attention from across the store.
Once I started to work on removing the machine I found a makers mark on the cabinet.
Made In Yugoslavia ... The machine is a Piedmont from the Hudson's Bay Company.
Anyone need parts for their Piedmont?
I was able to take the whole cabinet apart to start rebuilding a longer table.
I used a kick board for the front, and aged, stained, and waxed some new wood for the top.
Here's a close up of the finish I created with dark wax on the new top.
The original legs were re-purposed and parts from inside to rebuild the new console table.
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