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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I’m Flattered… and Impressed

I know many of you have seen my crate table.

If you haven’t… Click Here to read about it.

Well, Kristi at Pumpkin Seed Productions really wanted my crate table for herself… really bad!

In fact, she asked me to will it to her!

I told her…”Well, that sounds good but I don’t plan on dying anytime soon!” 

Ha… well, I guess she couldn’t wait on me to “kick the bucket.”

So… she MADE one for herself!!

Here it is…

Isn’t it great??!!

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So, then I told her… “You can will this to ME so I will have two!”

But then we called a truce because it sounded like we were planning each other’s demise!!

SOOOooo we decided to play checkers together on our tables instead!

(We had some fun teasing each other about this!)

So it’s all good!

But…

I gotta say Kristi…

  You did a fantastic job…  it looks fabulous! 

I’m flattered…  and impressed!

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Broke Clock = New White Table For White Room!

Well, creativity hit me late Friday night. It was about 7:45ish and I saw this broke clock for the umpteenth time sitting in a closet … doing nothing… just sitting there… the nerve!

But this time was different. When I saw it THIS time, I knew it’s purpose!

So, I began to destruct it (that sounds like the opposite of construct, right?)

Well… I just googled it…

destruct: to destroy one’s missile or rocket after launch

Ok… so I took it apart.

Then, I found this sheet of wood I purchased from Lowes awhile back… I can say… it’s no longer sitting around doing nothing either!

I traced the clock face on the wood and got the handy jigsaw to cut my circle out.

Next, the painting began. I used some outdoor acrylic paint and the porch paint I bought for my white porch.

Now, the base… what to sit my new table top on?

So… I got out my scrap wood and began to construct… Ok… actually play… I had to come up with a pattern first.

When I figured out my pattern, I turned to my craft room for embellishments and found exactly what I needed.

Time: around 11:00 p.m.

Hi Ho Hi Ho… back to painting I go…

After I got most everything painted with at least one coat, it was 12:00 a.m. and I was tired!

Hi Ho Hi Ho… it’s off to bed I go…

(I don’t know why I’m singing that during my post???)

Saturday morning = Base Construction!

I got my handy drill and went to drillin’! Woohoo!

I love all my tools!

I had my base that I needed to drill up into the post but not be wobbly because of the screw head. So I used the attachment that gave me a recessed hole where the heads would be hidden up in the base…

see…

But I was quite shy with this attachment at first and didn’t drill deep enough. So, I kept working with it until I got the right depth.

Then the trusty ole gorilla glue came out and I glued the base on the post.

After some drying time took place, I drilled three screws up into the post from the bottom of the base.

Next, I attached some scrap pieces of wood to each side of the post to give it a more bulky unique look. Then, I hot glued my little floral embellishments on.

And finally glued the tabletop down!

With a glass of sweet tea and a little encouragement from Joyce Meyer (I need all I can get)…

my new table will fit right in with my new white porch…

whenever I get that finished! :)

 

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