Dining room Buffet Table

Buffet Table

  

My final piece for the dining room was a buffet table. I wanted something simple made from real wood that I could redo myself…and with a low price tag. Something like this but with more open storage instead of so many drawers. 

"My Inspiration"

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So I began my search on craigslist. It took about a week to find the one that was just right. I found it just 15 minutes away from a very nice man moving to Michigan…who was selling it for $25. It did have all 3 drawers when we bought it, two of them became firewood for my husband later that week.

before

 We got it home and gave it a good cleaning and sanding. We had to replace the bottom board with plywood for to create a bottom shelf. Then I painted the entire thing black to match our fireplace and new chandelier. Add a few coats of polyurethane to protect it from my children…and finished!

We already had the sanding, painting supplies. So the only new costs were for the dresser, the plywood, and new knobs…Total cost $30.

 

Dining Room Light Fixture

 Our Dining room was finally starting to come together. We had our fabulous Table, our already existing fireplace, and a new 8x10 rug that I got on clearance for only $39 at Home Depot (because our 5x8 wasn't  going to work with our new 8ft table!). Now we needed some sort of fixture over the table, a buffet for my “Nice dishes” and some sort of "art" to fill in the huge blank wall at the end of our table. Challenge accepted!

 I took the old brass chandelier that came with the house and spray painted it, then removed the glass and added some chandelier lamp shades that I found for $2 each, which by the way was very exciting! Online they were asking for $10 each shade…times 5 shades…are you kidding me! Guardian Angel Thrift store saved the day again. 

Old 

New

And Finally the finished product! More info on those fabulous pictures of the kids on my wall...later :)