Here in Texas, we don’t have basements, or real attics for that matter.
All we have is the garage, and mine isn’t a particularly large one. The garage is where just about all of my furniture finds and projects end up.
I work real hard to get it cleared out and then enjoy one to two weeks of being able to park our van in there, only to load it back up again after the next great find.
Sigh.
I probably should accept that as long as we live here and I’m in this business, my garage is going to be more of a rotating furniture factory than a place to house our car.
Here is a peek at these former projects hanging out in my garage.
I found this awesome, hand-built shelf/hutch in someone else’s garage . . . at an estate sale a few weeks back. It was super cheap and I grabbed it thinking it would make a great display for my shop.
But I’ve developed a liking for it, and so I’m thinking we might keep it here.
We have lots of big wall space in our house, so I may chop off the bottom pieces that make it a hutch (you can’t really see it in the pictures) and hang it on a wall space as a display shelf.
I’ve already thought of lots of neat things I could put on it . . . but for now, it’s just hanging out and serving as a drop spot for paint and tools.
I also have this great sideboard I found just a few days ago. I wrote in my last post about my excellent estate sale timing a few days ago . . . how I dropped in right when 90% off was announced!
Well, this was one of my awesome finds.
And it gets even better:
Here’s the top! A solid marble slab with hand-painted tiles, mirror, and trim work. It’s gorgeous and in excellent condition.
And for you purists out there, don’t worry, I am not going to paint it.
It was part of a whole set that included a huge armoire and vanity . . . unfortunately, this was the only piece I could fit in my already stuffed van.
It is truly ridiculous what I payed for it–maybe one of my best finds ever.
It does need a tiny repair–one of the casters came off and needs to be fixed back in place.
So, it also sits in my garage for now.
I found this really old oak chest of drawers on CL last week, and it’s already got a quick coat of milk paint on it.
I’m super excited about the knobs I found for it, they are really sleek.
Two of the drawer bottoms need repair though, which is a job my hubby has to help with. So it’s also hanging out in my garage.
Besides business projects I have a few personal projects going on as well. I have been working on re-doing my little office area (more on that later . . .) and this great cane arm chair is part of my new scheme.
It’s waiting for a coat of MMS Artissimo and some new fabric on the seat.
Lastly, I’ve been doing some furniture switching in my boys’ rooms.
The two big boys got bunk beds to replace their two twin beds, and the baby had one of the twin beds moved into his room.
It won’t be too much longer before he is out of the crib and into a big kid bed, yikes.
I have a box spring left over from the big boys’ room (they can’t use their boxes on the bunks), but not another twin mattress yet.
I don’t dare put the box spring down onto the bed without a mattress . . . it is low enough that my little one could climb onto it and I know I would find him jumping away, boring holes down into the box!
So, it’s just kinda hanging out until I can find a good deal on a twin mattress to go on top.
Rarely are things settled for a long around here.
I wish you all a productive week for all of your projects!
revivedbydelia
Monday 11th of November 2013
Amazing find on that sideboard! Good luck with the rest of your projects!