I'm driving down a country road and I'm hopelessly lost. Typical. But after reviewing google maps at quaint old-fashioned gas station, I'm on my way again practically chomping at the bit to see this craigslist find in person. My GPS tells me to turn down a street that's not even paved - just gravel. This is the moment where the banjo's from Deliverance start playing in my head. Could some savvy psycho be luring me to my death with mid-century-modern furniture? I'd have to hand it to them if so - MCM at a steal is the perfect bait. I should really fear for my life more... but pieces are solid walnut... By now I'm turning off the gravel road onto a gravel driveway. It swoops around a shed and up a hill only to dead-end at the most adorable cottage with a charming garden. I am greeted by kind smiles from the homeowners who have lined the chest quadruplets on their garden wall just for me - it feels like a homecoming parade.
Clearly I didn't need to have my husband on speed-dial in my pocket for this craigslist interaction. Turns out Donna and her husband couldn't have been more welcoming or accommodating. We start talking while they helped me load up all four beauties and it became obvious that we were kindred spirits. Not only do they have a Younglife background like Caleb's family but they have a daughter who's a fellow home decor enthusiast and is also married to a Special Ed teacher/ coach. Uncanny.
I'm convinced that stumbling across this ad was a divine arrangement. And as Chelsea explained in yesterday's post, we had big joint plans for these babies. So what do you get when two sisters-in-law take identical pairs of furniture pieces to flip in total secrecy from each other?
Furniture-In-Laws!
[Or just two creative sets of furniture relatives]
So let's take a closer look at my restorative approach to the flip-off:
Driving over to pick them up, I had every drastic transformation idea rolling through my head. But once I saw them in person at Donna's house, I fell in love. I just wanted them to see them returned to their former glory.
For starters, they need gold double-breasted-button-like hardware. It just so happened that I had some I could harvest from the "white monster" and all I had to do was deepen the original yellowy/brassy finish with our favorite faux gold technique. I also debated doing an angled tapered leg like Chelsea did but had four straight mounting brackets already lying around. So convenience won out all around.
And of course I couldn't wait to grab Chelsea's Axel Co. reclaimed wood hexagon shelf to style with.
Other than the hardware and legs, all I really needed to do was restore the glassy finish [I applied a coat of minwax polyshades in pecan with a foam brush]. Ugh look at that juicy wood grain shine!!
As we are in the throws of moving, and I'm scrambling to furbish our new 800 sq.ft. apartment with functional pieces, these dapper gentlemen are now flanking our bed for some much needed extra storage. I'm still unpacking so more photos will be coming soon once the sea of cardboard subsides.
And don't forget to stop by tomorrow to get more deets from Chelsea on her show-stopping two-tone flip!
