A few days ago, I posted a photo of the varnished drop-leaf oak table that P and I had found at the antiques market. After much hard work i.e. sanding, priming, painting and distressing, we are almost finished with it. It just needs a coat of wax on the underside of the table top and we are good to go.
Some people might consider it sacrilege to paint over such great quality wood, but the fact is that so called 'brown furniture' is really out of fashion at the moment. While we paid about £22 for the table and materials, it can now sell for at least double that online and considerably more in a retail shop. There is a huge market for shabby chic in Brrrringland and beyond.
As we are not delivering the table to our friends for a few more weeks, here are some photos of it looking quite at home in our 'kopi' corner.
With the leaves closed:
With the leaves open:
I also found this fabulous set of vintage enamel scales online for our kitchen:
I just adore the whole quaint kitchenalia thingy!
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