Renewed

This last Saturday my mother and I went on a field trip to a townwide yard sale where my sister lives. Townwide yard sales are fun. Generally there is a central location where the sponsoring organization is headquartered (in this case, the Lioness). A map of the town is provided with all of the participating yard sales listed. Mom and I didn't explore too much this time. We mostly went down to say hello to Beth but we did cruise around to a few spots. I found this cabinet at a porch sale. It was sort of hidden behind a couple of old child's car seats.

Painted black, covered in old wrapping paper and adorned with green trim hot glued on, the price was $5. As I took a closer look, the guy said he would take $3! $3? I paid more than that for a coffee and bagel on my way there! The seller even offered to carry it to my car. SOLD!

I think Mom thought I was nuts when she saw the monstrosity. It seemed beyond hope. Like a pretty girl in an ugly dress, I saw potential. Late Sunday afternoon, I gave her a stripping and a good scrub followed by coats of red spray paint.

Now the $3 cabinet has a home in my livingroom. The color isn't exactly what I wanted (what I really want is Farrow and Ball's Rectory Red--it's not too late!) but now my husband's stacks of magazines have a place behind closed doors and I have a new focal point to build around.