The $20 Table & The Chairs I Hate

Okay, so we went through how I am now vain and tired of the cruddy, hand-me-down furniture, right? Perhaps we skipped the part of the story where I don't have unlimited funds. But I don't. Have unlimited funds, that is.

So, we used the money we did have to buy a new dining room table and chairs which I will show you later this week. That left me with no more money. I hate it when that happens.

And I needed a table and chairs where the kids could do homework and eat snacks and all that without messing up my pretty new table that no one is allowed to touch. Just kidding. They can touch it. They just can't eat at it. Kidding about that too. Sort-of. Anyway, I needed another table and chairs. And I found some chairs that I fell in love with- at Pottery Barn- here they are-

Funky and fun, right? Well, two issues. Numero Uno, the hubby did not think they were funky or fun. He hated them. And then he found out they were metal. He really hated them. Issue number 2- they were $129 each. A little more than my $0 budget allowed for game room chairs. Then I had a thought. Generally, that's reason for everyone to be scared. I am a little scared just remembering it.

So, here's what I did- I bought this table on Ebay for $20. Yes, $20 on Ebay and Casey picked it up for me on the way home from a meeting. Not so pretty, huh? Don't worry.

So, I did a little painting and a little sanding and I think I did a fair job of transforming this ugly $20 table. I added to it the ridiculously ugly kitchen chairs we have used for the past 9 years. I have never liked them but they were free and I do appreciate the fact that they were given to us. But I still hate them. Actually, I did hate them. Now, I am totally into them. I like them alot, in fact. AND they were free. So- $20 for the table, $6 for some liquid sandpaper, approx. $40 in paint and here's what you get

Please excuse the dusty floors. I would love to say that's a freak thing and that they are always clean but I have this thing about telling the truth. I gotta keep it real. And we are a little messy, for real. Also, the red chair looks a bit garish in the pics but it really isn't, I think it was the funky shadow. I realized later I didn't get a close -up of the table itself. It's flat black with some distressing to the edges. Very nice for $20 and with the pedestals in the middle rather than legs it functions WAY better for the Dunk man. The rest of this area of the room is still unfinished. It's wired for an overhead light but we do not have one at this point- would love some suggestions for that. Also I painted some canvas for the "art" on this side of the room but am a bit undecided on that at the moment. So what do you think?