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New Table and Other Finds
Nov. 9th, 2008 10:14 pmI did, indeed, find a table to buy at the garage sale. I've been wanting a new dining room table that is a little smaller than my old one but that is a little bigger than the last one I got. Yes, it needs to be big enough to actually push four chairs under. All at the same time.
We found a weathered old oak table, round and with a pedestal. Just like my old table, someone got rid of it because it didn't look so great, so then I took it with plans to sand and refinish it.
With Robin's help, I did a much better job on the sanding this time (no crappy electric sander with course sandpaper that gouges the table), and this time I'm going for linseed oil instead of polyurethane. We've cleaned it, sanded it and started with the oiling. This is going to happen. There will be a good user-friendly table by the end of the week.
The table was $40 at the sale, the oil--in the smallest container we could find which was a whole gallon--was $12 at (the new) Home Depot, and we spent a few more bucks on sandpaper and stuff. Totally affordable.
Other garage sale finds for me included: a red jacket (maybe a little too bright) for $12.50, 7 pairs of socks--one for $0.50 and the rest for $0.25, cranberry colored knit gloves for $1, a big bag of hair scrunchies for $1, two white pillowcases for $1 each, a black t-shirt that fits me much better than my other black t-shirt for $3, a pretty pastel tie-dyed shirt that might be a little too big but will go great with jeans for $1.50, and a multi-colored decorative scarf for $1. I've never worn this sort of scarf before, but have been thinking of trying it.
My favorite find besides the table are three small, soft handkerchiefs for $2 each. They all have some decorative embroidery or crochet that is pretty crazy. One has someone else's name embroidered on it, which would seem to be a negative, but the embroidery is just unbelievably tiny. I do embroidery myself, and could not imagine embroidery this small, but I've seen it with my own eyes, and there's just no denying that such a thing is possible. I still can't imagine how.
We found a weathered old oak table, round and with a pedestal. Just like my old table, someone got rid of it because it didn't look so great, so then I took it with plans to sand and refinish it.
With Robin's help, I did a much better job on the sanding this time (no crappy electric sander with course sandpaper that gouges the table), and this time I'm going for linseed oil instead of polyurethane. We've cleaned it, sanded it and started with the oiling. This is going to happen. There will be a good user-friendly table by the end of the week.
The table was $40 at the sale, the oil--in the smallest container we could find which was a whole gallon--was $12 at (the new) Home Depot, and we spent a few more bucks on sandpaper and stuff. Totally affordable.
Other garage sale finds for me included: a red jacket (maybe a little too bright) for $12.50, 7 pairs of socks--one for $0.50 and the rest for $0.25, cranberry colored knit gloves for $1, a big bag of hair scrunchies for $1, two white pillowcases for $1 each, a black t-shirt that fits me much better than my other black t-shirt for $3, a pretty pastel tie-dyed shirt that might be a little too big but will go great with jeans for $1.50, and a multi-colored decorative scarf for $1. I've never worn this sort of scarf before, but have been thinking of trying it.
My favorite find besides the table are three small, soft handkerchiefs for $2 each. They all have some decorative embroidery or crochet that is pretty crazy. One has someone else's name embroidered on it, which would seem to be a negative, but the embroidery is just unbelievably tiny. I do embroidery myself, and could not imagine embroidery this small, but I've seen it with my own eyes, and there's just no denying that such a thing is possible. I still can't imagine how.