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It was priced at $24.99, which is more than I would've normally paid...but I loved it, so I was ready to buy. Since I'd never bought there before, I asked the guy in furniture if they would load it up for me. He said "Yep..if you'll pay cash, I'll give it to you for $20". Who was I to argue? He told me to meet him in the back and he'd load it up.
When I opened up the back of my SUV, he quietly said "You can just put the money in the back". And that's when I realized that I was ripping off Savers...unknowingly. This guy was pocketing the cash. I felt immediate guilt, but didn't feel safe saying anything at that point. So, I got a deal at the expense of Savers. Onto the reveal...
I sanded the top...the wood was in great condition! I painted the base a robin's egg blue..it's so pretty. A mistint gallon that I got at a garage sale (full...never opened!) for $2. I stained the top with Provencial from Minwax...which is a shade lighter than Dark Walnut. I liked it, but didn't love it, so I ended up doing the dark walnut over the provencial...and it worked great. I sprayed the hardware with ORB, put Minwax Wipe-On Poly on the top, and here you have it. She's my new favorite!
~Allison
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37 comments:
beautiful! love the style and the colors!
I love it! The color and distressing are perfect! I can't believe that guy. He's got his own little side business going on....rude!
found you at Primitive and Proper. this is gorgeous. well done on a lovely makeover.
cheers Fiona
www.lilyfieldlife.blogspot.com
Gaah!!! LOVE!! You have a good eye for potential!
Great transformation Allison and i really like the color.
Very pretty! Great color choice!
She's adorable and I love that color!
Looks good. Love the two tone!
Perfection Allison! I especially love the color!
Take care,
Lisa
What a sneaky guy! :} I love how it turned out, beautiful color and style!
love love love! The color is fabulous!!
such a pretty piece :)
Jackie
http://jaclyndesigns.blogspot.com/
Really lovely. I love the color and your distressing.
I love the style,and the color is fabulous.
Kathy
This is gorgeous & i love the makeover! oxox, tracie
Gorgeous! I love it. In fact I'm downright jealous :)
Beautiful transformation here! I'm so loving the color you used. Glad you shared this at Shabby Chic Cottage
SO fabulous!! Would love to find one in my Savers!
LOVE this! The color and distressing are so pretty!
What a cutey!! I've never heard of Savers. Vanna
That is beautiful! Great job.
I love it!! The stained top...the color...distressing...great work!!
Thanks so much for linking to "20 Below Thursday"!! :)
Oh, sweet to start with but so awesome in the after-ness. Love the style and the blue. I'll show my ignorance by asking what ORB is. I know I wouldn't have seen the potential in this but maybe now I'll see things with a different "eye."
Joyfully,
Pamela
SOOO very beautiful!!
I found your your blog link at MMS.
It's so pretty! I love French furniture!
Cheryl
Its so pretty Allison. Love the lines of the table and the color is beautiful.
Ohhh it is darling! Loving the color you chose and I love that you left the top natural wood. Your distressing is perfect too~ sharing this on FB~ thanks for sharing at FNF!
Also, I added the html for a few of my buttons on my sidebar as well - Usually if you just copy and paste the buttons the code will copy along with it- but the html code is there also now- thanks for asking :)
Beautiful!! Just love the color.
Oh I would love to find a piece like this! You did a such a lovely job!
This came out great! I just love that color blue!
I have been looking and looking for a piece like this! Love it!!
Pretty table!
Darling. I love the shade of blue. :)
~Liz
P.S. I love your blog. I'm following you now.
Gorgeous! Makes me want to go searching for good finds like that! (here from TDC)
Very pretty, I love the shade of blue!
I love the color and the mesh doors! very pretty, nice makeover!
gail
She's very sweet. You are reminding me to not look at pieces the same way-I might have passed her by.
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