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 
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http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2013/07/wow-us-wednesdays-128.html 
http://theshadyporch.blogspot.com/2013/07/rock-n-share-51.html 
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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/ 
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Special delivery...

Hi Everyone!  Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend.  I wanted to share with you the exciting thing that happened to me last week.  My aunt Barb brought a van full of treasures while I was at work.

My aunt and nephew unloading all those treasures.  The pictures were courtesy of my mom.

Here they are after all the hard work is done.  I can't wait to go through it all and see what treasures are really there.

I will show you one thing, my aunt Barb's neighbor gave this to me.  It's an antique sewing machine base.  How lucky am I!  Her neighbor is the same one that gave me the antique oak chair a few weeks ago.  I'm so excited! A big thank you to my aunt and her neighbor for my new treasures!  And a big thanks to my aunt, nephew, and mom for unloading it all while I was at work.  I'll show you some more next time!  Thanks for stopping by.