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Tag: side table

Upcycled Brass Pole 4 Ways

  • By Joan
  • October 15, 2025
  • 2 Comments

Upcycled Brass Pole 4 Ways I’ve been working on a wooden table all week and that is what I planned to bring you today.  So close, but that project is still tacky and not quite ready for his closeup so … Continue Reading →

Flea Market Find, Refinishing a Vintage Oak Side Table

Antique Oak Side Table, Flea Market Find

  • By Joan
  • August 26, 2025
  • 5 Comments

Antique Oak Side Table, Flea Market Find At the beginning of the month, my sister, my niece and I hit up the 40 mile Yard Crawl in Virginia while the husbands golfed.  Only bought a few items for refinishing and … Continue Reading →

Painted Thrift Store Side Table.

Thrift Store Side Table, To Paint or Not to Paint

  • By Joan
  • June 4, 2025
  • 1 Comment

  Thrift Store Side Table, To Paint or Not to Paint Today I’m tackling this cute little side table I picked up from a flea market a few years ago.  Sitting in my storage room for all those years, his … Continue Reading →

Thrift Store Antique Side Table Refresh/ Restore

Vintage Side Table Refresh

  • By Joan
  • May 14, 2025
  • 1 Comment

Vintage Side Table Refresh Today I have another Thrift Store find, a vintage side table that was desperately in need of a little TLC.  Considering he was only $5 he was destined to come home with me. If you think … Continue Reading →

DIY Rustic Milking Stool

DIY Rustic Milking Stool

  • By Joan
  • April 30, 2025
  • 3 Comments

DIY Rustic Milking Stool My most recent thrift store find was this plain wooden , bar height sized, stool.   While the stool is used and has a crack in the seat, it is otherwise in great shape.  Perfect for me … Continue Reading →

Repurposed Brake Drum Side Table

Upcycled Brake Drum Side Table

  • By Joan
  • March 26, 2025
  • 2 Comments

Upcycled Brake Drum Side Table If you love making something useful out of various odds and ends I have a great side table for you.  This one uses 2 thrift store finds, a candlestick and a table top,  plus a … Continue Reading →

Carved Wood Side Table

Thrift Store Carved Wood Side Table

  • By Joan
  • November 13, 2024
  • 5 Comments

Thrift Store Carved Wood Side Table Every project has to start somewhere and this one started with the discovery of this beautiful carved wood plaque in a local thrift store for only $12. This gorgeous plaque is 21″ in diameter … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Rusty Pipe Side Table

  • By Joan
  • September 4, 2024
  • 1 Comment

Upcycled Rusty Pipe Side Table I found this fantastic rusty pipe  in a dump pile behind my son’s house. It immediately screamed TAKE ME HOME, followed by a quieter,  YOU KNOW I’D MAKE A GREAT SIDE TABLE! Pair that pipe … Continue Reading →

Curbside Rescue / DIY Game Table

  • By Joan
  • March 7, 2024
  • 2 Comments

Curbside Rescue / DIY Game Table Last week I shared with you this DIY chess set created from scrap wood and an old door.  Well I’m not quite finished with him yet. I’m pairing the chess set with this cute … Continue Reading →

Repurpose Bar Stools into End Tables

  • By Joan
  • June 28, 2023
  • 6 Comments

Repurpose Bar Stools into End Tables I’ve noticed more and more of these saddle stools hitting the thrift stores lately, and  when I was requested to find or make a pair of smallish end tables I immediately had these stools … Continue Reading →

DIY a Pine Stump Table

  • By Joan
  • April 19, 2023
  • 5 Comments

DIY Stump Table Back in 2017 I shared with you my four foot log snowman created from an old pine tree that was chopped down in our yard.  Mr. Snowman served me very well over the past 6 years but … Continue Reading →

Plaid Stencil Vintage Typing Desk

  • By Joan
  • March 15, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Plaid Stencil Vintage Typing Desk Welcome back friends.  Today I have a cute little typing desk that is all ready for his makeover. He was probably used about mid-century, long before the day of computers and word processing machines, faxes … Continue Reading →

Dated Side Table Makeover with Hairpin Legs

  • By Joan
  • February 15, 2023
  • 3 Comments

Dated Side Table Makeover with Hairpin Legs Hi friends, welcome back.  I think you’ll like this project because it’s fairly easy and it has a nice before and after photo. Let’s start out with the before shot. This is a … Continue Reading →

Upcycled Kitchen Cabinet Side Table

  • By Joan
  • August 20, 2020
  • 9 Comments

Upcycled Kitchen Cabinet Side Table Over the past few months I’ve been helping my middle son and his wife update a little of their 1980 house.  A 1980’s house doesn’t sound that old but styles have changed, a lot! These … Continue Reading →

Painting a Nightstand and Creating an Heirloom

  • By Joan
  • April 15, 2020
  • 12 Comments

Painting a Nightstand and Creating an Heirloom At the same auction where I bought the sofa table from last week I also purchased this pair of almost matching nightstands.  When I bought them I thought they were exactly the same.  … Continue Reading →

Painted Harlequin Diamond Side Table

  • By Joan
  • April 7, 2019
  • 5 Comments

I found this little side table at a garage sale last summer and he has been taking up space ever since.  It’s time for his makeover. Since it’s white, I’m gonna just have to paint it black.  Who doesn’t like a dramatic … Continue Reading →

Easy Upcycled Doodle Table

  • By Joan
  • September 3, 2018
  • 4 Comments

My son’s girlfriend is moving into her first apartment and I’ve been enjoying helping her find a few things to fill up her big empty space.  When she needed a dresser, I matched her up with my brother who was … Continue Reading →

Wobbly Table Fix and Makeover

  • By Joan
  • August 12, 2018
  • 4 Comments

Remember my wibbly wobbly chair from a couple weeks ago. Once I saw how sturdy the chair became with the gluing of his joints I had to dig this table out.  I picked him up from a thrift store a couple months ago … Continue Reading →

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