DIY End Table

i still can not believe that we found this awesome piece! remember when we went to that awesome yard sale and found that coffee table, well we also bought this other amazing piece! we got it for such a good deal, again $5!! i love a good bargain, and this one was a steal. so i have been researching this little gem of ours & it's been kinda fun. i remember learning about the designer & time period back in college. to have one in my home is so cool! yes i am nerd. but this beautiful end table we found dates back to the 1930's-1950's & designed by russell wright. i love the art deco period, so simple and modern for back then. some ways i knew it was from that time period was the simplistic design & the legs. russell wright had designed many things in his years and part of that being a line of furnishings named the contan ball. and he also liked to use blonde wood {in the before pictures you can see that it was still the origanl wood}. also another indicator of how old it was is the person that we bought it from said it had been her fathers and had been in the family for awhile. already knowing what i could by just looking at it and then her telling me that little bit of information i knew that i wanted it. so i got :). and this is what we did with it!!

 

 just like a coffee table we washed it down {you can read about that here}

 but since it was older the paint was chipping pretty bad, we had to sand it down to make painting easier.

 

 voilà! all painted {& completely dry!!} no just throw on some little cuties :)

 

 our house is plasterd with our wedding pictures, i cant wait til we actually have more people in this family of ours! then we don't have to constantly be looking at our faces haha.

 

and there you have it! another super cheap & fun diy project. be sure to check out your local thrift stores and yard sales! you'll never know what you might find. like i say another persons trash is another persons treasure. also something interested, i found out that people are buying these guys for over $200! glad i found mine for cheap ;). have fun & stay tuned for other fun projects that i have planned out!!! thanks for reading you special person ;).