ok. so mark has been threatening that he'll go to Ikea for a lamp and an end table if we can't make it to the various thrift shops around town. we finally took the trek down to homestead, to our favorite shop (Bill's Used Furniture...my gossip chair was no longer there, but a pretty cute yellow lamp was there that we snatched up.) Just needs a lampshade, which I'm pretty sure I can find a cute one.
We also grabbed an end table at one of the two 'mod' shops that have opened up in homestead. yes. that's an ornate door. and yes. that's velour behind the handle. but i can envision this pretty darn cute if it's painted a yellow color (or bright color). Now for some before and after inspiration at
design sponge.Not bad for $30 bucks total...
2 comments:
my parents had something very similar when we were growing up. a matching pair, actually. (except no velour, and ours were hexagonal...?) all the photo albums were stuffed in there. I can't help but think that your new side table smells like late-70's photo albums inside :)
xo-
funny. last night i was lying the couch and i thought 'man. i can totally smell our new table..' all vintage store stink...do you think that painting it is a good idea? i don't want it to end up looking like a craft project. the top is laminate, so i might not paint that at all and leave it brown...thoughts??
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