A sewing base remade....

Hi Everyone!  Two years ago my Aunt Barb (aka the Free Stuff Fairy) brought me this antique sewing machine base, which you can read about here.  It's been sitting in one of the grain bins, waiting for me to decide what to do with it.  The top was not in good shape and I just didn't want to replace the top, I wanted to make it more functional.

 Finally, after two years, I had a plan.....

 ....I removed the top...cleaned the dust off it....

 ...built a shelf and painted it black....

 ...using the holes that the old drawers had been attached by (only the reverse side)...

 ...I attached my shelf....and then I painted it.

 I thought the black was tired and old (not in a good way) looking, so I decided to paint it.

 I painted it with Krylon Paint and Primer Spray Paint in Ivory.

 And I built a new top for it out of two 1x6"s and a 1x4" that I joined together with my biscuit joiner and stained with walnut stain.

 I had a hard time deciding what color to paint it.  I almost (and I still might) paint it Lagoon (the same color I used on the inside of the antique drawer coffee table I made, but I thought the ivory would appeal to more buyers.

My thought for adding the shelf is that it would make it useful as a bed side table or an end table.  Would you have played it safe or gone with the bold color?  I still might...  Have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by.

Linking to:
http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2013/07/party-junk-196-a-diy-link-party.html 
http://too-much-time.com/2013/07/get-schooled-saturday-85.html 
http://www.twiggstudios.com/2013/07/sunday-show-off-linky-party_20.html 
http://www.alderberryhill.com/make-the-scene-monday-84 
http://www.uncommondesignsonline.com/10-diy-room-projects-monday-funday-link-party-27 
http://www.homemakeronadime.com/2013/07/creative-bloggers-party-hop-120.html 
http://knickoftimeinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/07/knick-of-time-tuesday-96.html 
http://www.kammyskorner.com/2013/07/trash-2-treasure-tuesday-link-party_22.html 
http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/07/wow-us-wednesdays-128.html 
http://theshadyporch.blogspot.com/2013/07/rock-n-share-51.html 
http://www.domestically-speaking.com/2013/07/187th-power-of-paint-party-popp.html 
http://www.southernlovely.com/2013/07/show-share-102.html 
http://startathome.blogspot.com/2013/07/paint-party-7.html 
http://staceyembracingchange.com/2013/07/25/creative-inspirations-linky-party-47/ 
http://madeinaday.com/2013/07/25/made-u-look-linky-78/ 
http://www.redouxinteriors.com/2013/07/link-party-114-and-le-fabulous-features/ 
http://www.504main.com/2013/07/tickled-pink-no-153.html 
http://missmustardseed.com/2013/07/furniture-feature-friday-link-party-lauras-picks/ 
http://www.lizmarieblog.com/2013/07/inspire-me-please-weekend-linky-party-21/ 
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Gifts for nephews and a niece....

Hi Everyone!  Happy Sunday.  I hope you are all having a great weekend.  I'm working hard on my kitchen island remake along with a half dozen other projects and thought I'd show you the toy boxes I made for my niece and nephew.  I have 2 nephews and one niece and they all have received toy boxes from me.  But like usual, I can only find pictures of two of them.  My oldest nephew, Ridge was the first to receive one (that's one I can't find a pic of) and now that he's 17, we call it a trunk, not a toy box. 

My niece Vickie's favorite color is purple so of course I had to use purple on it.  It's painted white to match the other furniture pieces in her room.  I'd say that her toy box has the potential to grow with her into a hope chest. 

Quinton's toy box can grow with him too, but I think we'd have to remove his name from it and of course repaint it.  He also has two large shelves that I made him in the same color and a night stand.

Quinton likes to come up with something new for me to make him for Christmas every year.  I can't imagine what he's going to want this year....  Well, thanks for stopping by.