Thursday, March 29, 2012

Corner Table to Match Coffee Table - plus other treasures!

Ok, so this is the other table I got for free with the coffee table on the side of the road. The other project I already completed and this one I did to match. Once I finally move my plan is to do a "travel" theme in my living room downstairs. I first painted the table with a white primer after sanding it...
Then I spray painted a layer with white paint. Then I painted this German design on it. I printed out the design on some sort of tracing paper and then rubbed it on with the back of a pencil and painted over it.
It looked too plain so I decided to do some more...
And painted Deutschland on it for Germany. I did a Costa Rican table because I lived there and loved it and this one because I lived in Germany for 3 years when I was young.
It's complete! I love it!

I can't wait to decorate my house. I got this bread box for $2. Should I stain it or paint it...?

This stretches out and can go on the wall and has a bunch of knobs on it to hang things off of. It can go in the entryway or in the laundry room...
This is a really old suitcase that I had to rip the laminate out of the inside and spray it with bleach because of some mold...I think I got it all? I'll take a picture of the outside later...its a neat, old piece!
A good shelf once I sand it down and re-paint it...
I found this today and love it! It would be perfect to hang on the wall or outside or somewhere! $1.
I talked to my mom the other day and we talked about looking for coasters that i could paint to go with my Coffee table and side table and I could paint all the different countries I have visited....one on each coaster. And the first day I'm looking and I find this! It is super cute and will look even better once I fix it up!
Two old cameras I bought. I paid $2 for this one...It is selling for about $10 on ebay - so isn't that great but I like it and will put it up for display...
This one, I paid $3 for and it is selling for $100+ on ebay. What makes this one worth so much?
Good finds today! Hoorah and yay for vintage items!

7 comments:

  1. I Love the coasters! Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

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    1. Thanks. I think they will be super cute once I paint a design for every country I've visited - a coaster per country! I love your blog and will continue to stop by!

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  2. You found so much great stuff. Love the 'german' table and personally I'd paint the bread box, but that's just me !

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    1. Thanks Fiona! What color would you paint it? White? Whatever the color it has to go with the yellow writing that says bread...

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  3. Love the table. And we had those same coasters growing up :)

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  4. Uggh, the car plaque. I would love to find one of those. I gotta get back out and into the Thrift Store and Antique Shops. Great finds.

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