Furniture Cubed - Street Treasure!
I found this cube by the side of the road. It is still sold in freedom in Australia and is $199.
It was being thrown away. I really liked the shape of it.
It was a little bit rough but not too bad and nicely made. I just don't like this dark brown. It is not my thing at all. I thought about painting it white (yawn) but I didn't want to lose the wood grain. So I decided to try white washing, and thought if it all went wrong I could always paint it white!
So I took some white matt paint and let it down with water. Then I painted it on with a brush and tried to keep it even and always painted in the direction of the grain. It seemed to work ok. I did the outside but decided the inside might be a bit hard to do and did it white instead. I also gave it a top coat of clear water based varnish. There is something about matt paint that I don't like and I really like it now it is glossy. It is more practical too.
I absolutely love it and it is a bedside table.
It is out in the middle of the room because the room is a funny shape and there is no corner to put the bed into. If I have the bed sticking out into the room my son will just keep losing the duvet off one or other sides of the bed and I will have to keep going in and putting it back on in the middle of the night. Not a scenario I enjoy. So this is the arrangement at the moment. He likes to make a den behind there anyway and put his tent there and lots of blankets - it is very cute.
you totally saved it!
ReplyDeleteThat is kick-arse girl! Well done :0)
ReplyDeleteWhat a transformation! If that table could talk it would say "Thank you!"
ReplyDeleteMy favourite so far! x
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