My New Old White Farm Table Bench

OK…

It’s Finished!

If you read my blog… then you know I have been working on this old farm table.

 

You saw last week when it sadly went under construction…

and

we all cried… or at least I did.

But it had to be done because this is what I needed.

 

An Old Farm Table Bench!

It’s the perfect big, hefty, rough, worn, naturally distressed bench for my foyer/entry way!

 

I love it!

 

I haven’t added any decor around it… YET!

My sweet hubby just got through painting and it’s a mess around my house.  He painted the dining room and the entry way “Bone White”.

But… I did play around with some pillows.

I have lots of this rusty red color accented through out my living room (which is open to the entry way), so I believe these pillows will fit right in!

So what am I working on now you ask?

Or… well… maybe you didn’t…

But I’m going to tell you anyway… Ha!

I’m working on what’s going to hang above the bench… I had to go out to the burn pile for this one…

Stay Tuned! 

 

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Table Treasure!

 

I know I’ve mentioned my friend who has now become a supplier/enabler of my junkin’ needs!

She’s the one who gave me the Trailer Gate(s).

She’s the one who gave me the nightstand that gave me a drawer to decorate with.

AND NOW THIS!!

Table Treasure!

My friend saw this in someone’s roadside trash pile!

She called me immediately and asked… do you want?

Yes! Yes! Yes!

She even knocked on the door to ask the owners if she could take it… with a weird look in their eye… they said yes!

(If they only knew!)

Cause…

I’m in LUV!

It has casters on three legs but the other leg has some wood rot and the wheel is gone.

The construction has weakened, the boards are slightly warped… so if I keep it as a table I will have to do some reinforcing.

But I still love!!

 

Not sure what it will become…

will it stay a table or will a new creation come from it?  

Hmmm… I don’t know yet but

I will let you know one way or another!

You can count on it!

What do ya think of it?

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Three Creatively Ambitious Drawer Ideas!

 

Drawers are very versatile and can be used any many different ways to enhance your home decor.

I want to share with you three very different looks with one freshly painted white drawer that I created.

Now to appreciate this drawer, it’s origins, how I made it and a tutorial for the magazine rack below…

CLICK HERE.

Ok…

First up… Functional Creative Magazine Drawer 

Next…  Rosy Cottage Style Drawer 

And finally…  Artistic Shabby Chic Drawer

So tell me… which one do you like the best?

 

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A Magazine Drawer Rack

My ONLY supplier (enabler) of junk has been my mom since I started my creative ambitions. 

Well folks,

“the times they are a changin’"

Yes… I have now OFFICIALLY put a good friend of mine on the supplier/enabler list.

This is the same friend who gave me the trailer gates.

Twice more, she has supplied me with potential creative pieces  (one being an awesome find from the side of the road… that will be a later post!)

And this…

A night stand.

This was in her garage… until she called and asked me if I wanted it.

“Let me look at it.”

Oh yeah…

“I’ll take it!”

The first thing I did with this piece was take the drawer out because it didn’t look to be the original.  Not sure.

But I knew the drawer could be used for something special… the rest of the night stand will have to wait!

I looked at it, I shook it (don’t know why), flipped it around and propped it up for some serious thinkin’. 

And that is when a magazine rack idea was born.

  And of course this creation would have a twist… you’ll see in a lil’ bit.

So… Let’s get started!

  I took the back off… cause it was nasty.

Found some scrap wood from my clock table.

(Because it’s all about using what you’ve got if you got it… right?)

Measured and cut a new back… but this time I wanted an uneven slat look (like an old crate)…  so I cut my backing into uneven strips.

Then, I sanded the side edges of each slat to round them off a bit.

Next, I painted the drawer and the slats…

   

and pieced it all together.

I even had an extra handle that I used to replace the old one.

(Because it’s all about using what you’ve got if you got it!)

Doesn’t it look cute and “cottagey” this way?

So… now for the rack.  What should I use?

Hmmm…

A piece of wood?  Spindles?  A License Plate? 

Yep… You heard me… an old TENNESSEE license plate!

That’s my twist.

You know my first supplier/enabler… mom? 

Well, she had bunches of vintage license plates (what some would consider junk)…

I actually sold some for her on ebay . 

But, I kept this one and it fits perfect! Nice and snug… tight enough to hold my heavy mags!

 

 

(If it hadn’t, I would have glued a piece of wood to the front of the drawer and nailed the tag to that.)

Plus… it adds a splash of color to the piece.

So there you have it… a magazine rack drawer or a magazine drawer rack!

 

Or should I just call it a “junk” drawer?

:)

To see more decorative ideas on this drawer…

CLICK HERE.

 

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