A Partner for My Bench

I have a confession - I'm a thrift store lurker.  It's not as creepy as it sounds - I promise.  I'm one of those people who goes into a thrift store and more times than not, I leave with nothing.  But every so often I SCORE and get something wonderful.  According to my Grandma , you must go several times before you find a good deal.  (My thriftiness is a trait I've inherited from my mom and my Grandma -- and what a wonderful trait it is!) 

On one of my last thrift store trips I was  perusing the merchandise...not really expecting to find anything....and not really looking for anything particular.  But then as I walked by the furniture I saw this:

 A little ugly, a little worn -- but I loved the shape of it....especially the spindle legs and the handles (minus the dusty bronze color).  And it got better.....I opened it up:

Initially I couldn't decide if I wanted it or not.....(I get this trait of indecisiveness from my Mom and Grandma too -- not so thrilled about this one).  I thought and thought....went home, dreamed about it, thought about it some more -- you get the idea.  The next morning I had made my decision --  I wanted it.  I went back to the store and thought about it again, and checked it out to see if I could use my sewing machine with the table.  I determined that I could use the table with my machine and with that, I took it -- bought it, actually -- for $14.00. 

The machine that came with it seems very nice and well taken care of. (I think I'm going to keep it is a back up -- becuase I always manage to jam my machine while I'm in the middle of a project). 

So I took the whole table apart and took the hardware off -- painted it with my favorite Gloss White from Valspar and spray-painted all the hardware black.   And that was it -- so easy -- but so worth it!

Do you love it?  I couldn't be any happier with how it turned out.  Plus, doesn't my new light look perfect on this table???

Since I wanted to be able to use my machine with my new table, I fashioned a little "shelf" that sits 3 inches below the top of the table for my sewing machine to sit on.  Think of it almost like a floating shelf inside my table.  That way, the table top is flush with my machine. 

And do you see my tape measure?  I bought a fabric tape measure and Mod Podged it onto my table (is there anything Mod Podge can't do?). 

There -- my sewing bench finally has a matching partner.

My sewing table also came with a little spool basket -- but it was '70s yellow:

YIIIIIKES!  Nothing a little spray paint can't fix!

I'm SEW excited to use my new table!  Right now it's at home in our guest room -- but someday when we finish our office I'm hoping there will be a spot in there. 

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