Thrift Store Find Repurposed!

It's my dream to one day repurpose furniture like the Fabulous 
Miss Mustard Seed! 

So I've been buying a few practice pieces...

 I got this beauty at the Salvation Army for $25!

Of coarse I think I got a Bargain...while the hubby thinks I overpaid! LOL

I did plan on using it inside my house but then thought it would be perfect on my porch until I can afford some nice rockers.

 I used all leftover paint....
A walnut stain I used on my Dining Room table, some Wal-Mart Opps paint called Mist and some white.

 I brushed stain on and wiped off with a rag....

 While the top dried I painted the bottom with the Mist....

 I wanted the top a little darker so I gave it a quick wipe down with a sanding block and painted another coat of stain

 I painted the drawer white...and here she is before the distressing...

I decided to use these hooks I found in the hubby's garage and spray painted then with metal primer..one for clean metal then topped it with the one for rust..

Cute....BUT I decided it needed to be distressed...

I lightly distressed with the same sanding block I used between staining.

 Then I used a rag and rubbed stain in the areas I sanded then wiped it off...

And there you have a cute little porch table for $25!:-)

I have many pieces to finish and some wonderful Chalk Paint on it's way....so this was great practice until the good stuff gets here:-)
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