One of my most favorite parts of my house is my little dining room set. It was love at first sight.
I found it on craigslist before I was even sure I was moving to Indiana, but I saw it and just had to have it. You would have, too, if you had seen it. It was adorable, with lots of details.
My parents & sister went to pick it up--and it turns out that the antique set, which is about 100 years old, needed a little TLC.
Ok, maybe a lot.
But the buffet was in remarkably good condition. It really only had to be primed & painted. I had gotten samples of two shades of yellow from Sherwin Williams when I was contemplating painting my hardwood floors. I'd wanted beautiful yellow painted floors, but that didn't work out. Yet. I'm still holding out hope that I'll be motivated to one day distress & paint my floors.
But that's a whole other story.
So I used the golden yellow paint sampler to paint the buffet, and for $5, my buffet looked totally different and very cheerful!
Look at the detail on her legs...how can you not fall in love with this??
And here's the buffet...all painted and poly-ed. I reused the original hardware. I'm still decorating the top (it looks a little like a catch-all now, huh?) and figuring out what works best in the room.
The photos from the rest of the set will have to be another day...because I still have a bit of work to do on them!
