Giving A Library Table A Makeover

I have several alerts set on Facebook Marketplace.

Some are pretty specific, like Broyhill Dresser or Antique Desk.  But I also have a general one set, and Lord is it a catch all.

Table

I mean Facebook sends me messages about everything coming and going.  It was a complete and total nuisance at first.  I would get everything from kids play tables to crap near  Table Rock State Park.  Eventually I learned to sift through those quickly and get to the good stuff 🙂

I could not stop thinking about those legs…….and what appeared to be  a hoof at the bottom of them.  So off I drove all the way to Brevard.  The nice man who was selling this piece tried to sell me everything in their house though.  Alas, this table is BIG and I had no extra room in. my Jeep:(((    What struck me as weird upon my first real look at this piece as I walked in to his garage was the finish.  It was quite odd.  Had I known that it was some sort of painted (faux wood or faux antiquing of faux something) finish, I would have most assuredly kept walking.  So it took me several days to name and make friends with the fact that I screwed up on this one.  So to make myself fell better, I got out some paint and my paintbrush……….

Yep.

The feet are little hoofs.

 Apparently it’s a thing, a French thing.  God bless whoever invented Google

I have been eyeballing these rusty wire cup pulls at Hobby Lobby forever.  They only had two of them in that particular bin so I grabbed them up.  Lucky for me I had just dragged home something that only need two pulls, once I filled and and sanded down the single knob hole it had when I picked it up.  I am crazy about them,  rust and all!  On this particular library table they actually look quite lacy.

I chose General Finished Bone White Chalk Paint for this one and when all was said and done it took 3 coats of the stuff to cover up all the faux whatever finish.  Tedious, but in the end well worth it.

The lamp base I found at Goodwill.  It is actually part of a pair.  They are painted Bone White as well.  The cute  burlap shades I found  at Ross for $6 each.

I had to really work for this top. I sanded it down and refinish it twice.  That had never happened to me.   I am pretty sure the people who made it never meant for it to be the natural finish.  My second attempt was much better.

I love a good stack of old books, especially in a pretty color:)))

I hauled this library table down to my shop yesterday afternoon.

The second I cleared the entrance of Sweeten Creek Antiques, the sky opened up.

This rain is killing me.  The weekend looks more promising though.  Good thing, as I have four other pieces of furniture just waiting on the tops to be sanded down.

Paige