It Began With a Need ~ Friday Finds

My daughter and her family have moved back to the area...but she was in need of a bed!  We had the nearly new bed, mattress, and box springs that had belonged to my parents we weren't using...but we were using the other pieces of bedroom furniture. Yeah...let's give those, too.

We have this gorgeous antique dresser...would need some transformation...but how do I replace the other pieces?

It was off to Seville, Ohio...to the Funky Junk Boutique...the only area shop that carries Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint.  That's all...JUST some of this infamous, glorious paint...

Wow...what a wealth of antique stores and upcycled shops in this tiny town within a 45-minute drive!

Here was my chest of drawers...

...four drawers will do nicely, thank you...

I loved the detail in the hardware (although the third drawer isn't the same as the other three)...and the keyholes on each drawer.

There was evidence that it had been painted red...and Edster thought steam might have been used to strip the paint off as there was evidence that wood glue was no longer effective in some places. But my Edster is a genius and can repair...

...especially when we only paid $50 for it!

But I still need a nightstand...

I remember seeing this idea on Oh My! Creative for a side table...

I had saved the piano bench on which I sat for years learning and practicing piano...priceless to me...but...

and there it was!  A suitcase...an old vintage suitcase.

I got it for $8!  Yeah, the handle is gone but I'll figure that out later...

Diamonds in the rough, I say...just waiting for that glorious paint!

Stay tuned...