roadside treasure

Since my sewing machine is dead I have turned my attention to other things.

You may be interested to know that I am particularly good at finding seemingly crappy things on the side of the road (um, in the trash actually, most of the time) that with a little bit of elbow grease could be turned into something quite lovely. So as I am driving home today I hear from the seat beside me, "wait what's that stop, stop, stop now!!". So I guess I can't really take credit for this find, but I did agree to load it into the minivan.

Yes, I do drive a minivan. The first time you try loading a 35 pound child into a car seat while bending over, holding groceries in one hand and balancing a door that wants to close with your foot, you too will go running to the car dealership begging to be shown one with a dvd player. It's true, it will happen. But I digress...

So this lovely little cabinet was being put out onto the street by a darling lady who is moving to smaller quarters.

It was used as a tv cabinet. The back was mostly taken out, so we took out the rest. I plan on replacing it, but I kinda like how the snap dragons show through.

Don't get too attached to the base. The legs were very woogidity and we couldn't save them, plus the veneer was beyond repair. I am very into saving things in their original state if possible and then restoring them, so you can trust that I had no choice. We took the top off and I will be stripping it tomorrow. I don't know if we will repaint, stain, or just tung oil, I suppose it depends on what is underneath.

I've no plans for this little treasure as of yet. I am thinking maybe the hall. There are little holes in the bottom and I could pull the phone cord and a plug through and keep the phones in there. Then maybe I could find them when I go out. That would be good.