A couple of months ago, I stopped at a yard sale. I spotted this old off white trunk. It wasn't in the best shape as the hinges were no longer attached and the box inside of the trunk was starting to peel and fall apart a bit. But, I loved it. I wanted it. I was determined to talk the owner down on the price no matter what it was. I asked the owner what she wanted for it. She said, "Five bucks." SAY WHAT??? I had to force myself to not let my jaw drop. I casually said, "Yeah. O.k. I'll take it." Inside my head I was screaming, "It's miiiiiiiiine!!!! Whooo hoo!!!!" I was so happy! But, here's a crazy thing. The top of the trunk isn't flat. It has a rounded dome like top. I didn't really think about that at the sale, as I was just too busy drooling over it's prettiness. So, because it was rounded, I couldn't set anything on top of it. It had to just "be." I didn't like that. It didn't look right. So, after rearranging my living room 3,466 times trying to find a perfect spot for it, I gave up and it sat in the corner. Then yesterday Landon sat on our coffee table. For the 4,333rd time, I told him to please not sit on the table because the center pieces are glass. I have a quilt over it, so it is easy for him to forget. Then inspiration ran over me like a freight train! I've been wanting to make a coffee table out of pallets, like the 5,444 pictures I've seen in Pinterest, (Have you seen Pinterest? It's a MUST!) but just didn't have the time to get around to that. But, I had a beautiful old, patina'd, trunk just sitting there waiting to be made useful! I took off the lid and took out the box inside. Then I took a wood board hanging off the wall that I had, that were just nailed together to look like a fence. I laid that on top for the table, added a table runner (Actually it's a fire place mantel scarf, but it looks pretty cute!) and bam! I had a new coffee table. Landon doesn't get to sit on this one either, but at least I don't have to worry about the glass anymore. Check it out.
My beautiful new table.
Table top. I wanted to take the hardware off,
but it wasn't painted underneath and didn't look right.
So it stays.
Those books, are my old posts from my blog.
I have them made into books each year.
The lid had a divider in it.
So, I propped it up on it's side and made a shelf!
I love the paper picture glued inside.
I wonder who she is...
O.k. back to the present. I like change. Change is good. While I liked the top of the trunk as a shelf, I had run into a new problem. I had taken down my shelves from the two walls when I hung up my new/old window picture frame. Here's a shot of that.
The picture was taken by Erin Martinek who is the best photographer in the whole wide world!
If you would like her contact info, just shoot me an email and I'll hook you right up!
Anyway, I was going to hang up a tin tile that I had on the other wall where I had taken down the other shelf, but it was too small and looked dorky. So, I had a problem. For a few months, I looked at the holes in the wall and wondered what to hang up there. (I could have spackled and painted, but I knew sooner or later I would find something big enough to cover it all up. I am not a painter and if I can get out of it, I will!) Then a couple of days ago, I was looking at the trunk cover/shelf and decided it might just look much better up on the wall! And you know what? I think it's perfect there.
How 'bout you? Wadda ya think?
When I asked our son Landon, what he thought, the only comment he had was...
"You need to put some more candy in the candy machine."
The little red machine sitting on the chair is the candy machine.
It's prefect for peanut M&M's.
And he's right. I do need to fill that baby back up!
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