It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted on the blog and I’m happy to share that my tomato tally has crossed the 100 tomato threshold! Yes, this weekend we hit a Tomato Tally of 102. I probably have a dozen more needing to get picked, too. Craziness.
Anyway, this isn’t actually a post about tomatoes. Shocker, I know.
Ever since we rearranged our living room to accommodate my slipper chairs, I’ve wanted to get a console table for our living room.
The room is starting to really come together. New chairs, new pillows… and now, new table!
I found this console table on Craigslist for $25 and an office building 4 minutes from my house. I emailed and was super pleased to hear that I was the first person to reach out and the table was mine if I was interested.
I left work in a hurry to make it to the office complex before they closed at 5, bargained them down to $20 and left with a new table!
The table was wobbly and a bit dated with the gray glass, so I took the glass out and tightened all of the bolts with a ratchet set. Then, I whisked myself off to Home Depot to buy some wood to replace the glass.
I roped in this kind gentleman to help me cut the wood down to size since we don’t have a table saw (and 51″ is too long to cut even remotely straight with a circular saw). Twenty minutes later, I walked out with two new shelves and some scraps.
I set up shop on our patio, sanding and staining the wood. I mixed a walnut brown with a light gray stain to lighten the brown color a lot. I ended up with a light brown with hints of gray in the knots of the wood. Two coats of stain, two coats of poly, one light sanding and voila!
Love love loveeee. It fits perfectly against the wall opposite our bay window where the couch used to sit.
It even matches the style of our coffee table (You can see the style better below when we used them as end tables).
I waited a day to let everything dry and cure completely before staging it.
I’m still working on that, but this is stuff I had all around the room just waiting for a home on a nice console table like this one.
I just love having a spot to put out pictures and flowers 🙂
All in all, this project cost a little less than $70 — not too bad for a new console table, especially when it’s twin at Ballard goes for $350!
Next up, a mirror for right above the table, which is centered with our bay window. The mirror will bounce the natural light around the room and really anchor the table with the wall. Now I just gotta find one I like!
Hope you all had a great weekend! Between the console table (I did this whole project in one night after work last week), a BBQ and a river walk, my weekend was a blast.
Rem had a pretty good weekend, too.
Happy Monday!
A Smith of All Trades 