Coffee table --- from the take it or leave it bunch!

Remember my take it or leave it post from last week?!?  

Well I had such a blast hearing what you had to say about my finds.

I loved hear what you would do with the pieces.

And now I am excited to start showing you what I did!

Here is my first of the four pieces.

And surprisingly I had a lot of people tell me they would have left this guy....

This was my favorite from that day of garage sales, and so that is why this one is finished first.

This guy was SOLID heavy and well built, which is exactly what I look for when I want a project!

This is how he turned out :o)

What do you think?  

I think it fits right in with everything else in my house.

Nice and beach-y and sweet.

Just some old white chalk paint, distressing, new knobs, and stain. 

I found the knobs on sale for half off at Hobby Lobby.

I think they were just right for this guy.

The stain that I used was darker, but I used a lot of it in little layers to get it just right for what I was wishing for.

I did white wash the sides a bit because I wanted there to be a nice flow from the white to the wood top.

And did you notice that this guy got a little taller?

I added some discarded couch legs to the bottom to give this piece a little lift....

I just felt like it was a bit heavy before the legs were added.

What do you think?

Is this what you pictured for those of you who said you would have kept this piece?

Did you like the take it or leave it idea?

Becauseeee I have some new finds that I would love to get your opinion on!

:o) 

I am linking up at a few of these parties this week.