DIY sofa table - check!

So, after a few days away with J and kids in Jacksonville, I hit the ground running today.  Not only did I catch up on the laundry and steam clean the carpet, but I finally finished up the DIY sofa table.  "How does she do it?" you may ask.  It is amazing what can be accomplished while waiting on the washer/dryer cycle.  (I have never understood those that complain about loads of laundry.  I mean all you do is sort, put in the washer, and add some soap.  You don't actually WASH them.  Then you move them to the dryer and push a button.  You don't actually take them to the line and HANG them up.  Anyhoo...)

The table transformed looked very similar to this:

This was my mother's.  She had the complete set - 2 side tables, coffee table, and this sofa table.  I remember a picture of T when she was 3 at Christmas with this sofa table in the background.  She is now 19.  This table has been around.  It even spent some time at my Grandmother's.  The other tables were sold, but this one stayed in the family for some reason.  As with all things my mother has and doesn't know why or has replaced, it was offered to me.  I rarely pass up a hand-me-over and brought it home.   It has been many things in my mind; but today, it actually became something.


Now, as with everything in my mind, it all stems from something I have seen, either in a magazine, on HGTV, or in a store.  One of my favorite inspiration spots is IKEA.  What this table became evolved from this dresser I saw at IKEA.

This is EDLAND.  Isn't it cute?  I just loved the non-traditional color mixed with a very traditional look, yet still with clean lines.  I even tried to talk my mom into buying it for her guest room! There is a 3-drawer chest, a 2-drawer chest, a 6-drawer dresser, and a 5-drawer chest.  The cheapest of which is $199.00. 

Of course, even if I chose to purchase the item from IKEA, none of the these pieces would actually work in my space.  After all, I have my inspiration Restoration Hardware look-alike furniture already.  I just need a sofa table (for the Pottery Barn love seat I am searching CL for; not that I actually have a love seat... yet!)

So, after thinking about my hand-me-over table all week, I immediately got started on it today. 

First, what to do with that Queen Anne inspired scroll along the bottom.  Lucky for me, the scrolled sides were actually separate pieces that ran the length of each side extending below the back piece and held with a few small nails.   So, I just popped them off, put a little spackle in the holes, and brought out the left over paint from the crown molding in the bedroom.

Two coats of paint (and two loads of laundry later), and voila! a sofa table for my bedroom transformation!  (Eerily similar to the inspiration piece from IKEA.)   Cost = $0

I am still deciding whether to add a drawer front and a cute pull.  Thoughts?

Did ya notice the love seat?  More on that in the Phase 2 post and the DIY Pottery Barn framed mirrors are almost ready to go up.