Flea Market End Table
This past weekend my littles & I went out treasure hunting. Aka… thrifting. There is a road close to us that if you continue down a few miles you can stop at about six stores. Not something we have time to do on a regular basis, but definitely something we try to do every few months. When I start out heading to any thrift store, flea market or antique mall, I go with one thing in mind: Nothing. If you go with the mindset of “I need a wood chair!” chances are, you won’t find that wood chair & you’ll most likely overlook other treasures in the process.
I did not go looking for a wooden table base that day… but oh how excited I was to find this beauty! Again, most would have overlooked this gorgeous chunk of wood as it was tucked in a corner, with no top & a giant bolt sticking out the top of it. I am that shopper that digs. I will find a way to get to that gem stuck in the corner! This little beauty is solid, has zero scratches, has a beautiful wood finish & simply needed a top. Done. I scooped it up & continued walking around the store with my three year old on one hand & my new table base in the other. A typical look for me.
When it came to the top, I knew I needed a top that would be proportionate to the base, a good rule of thumb (that most often times works… not always) is to add 6″ to the diameter of the base to receive an optimum table diameter. This meant I needed an 18″ top. Luckily I’m a hoarder collector of furniture with potential & had the perfect top already at my disposal. Otherwise I would have picked up a Wood Round at my local Home Depot to attach to the base.
Now I am simply smitten with my new end table… & the story behind it. I am also in love with my new $4 vase. Very Jonathan Adler if you ask me?!!!
The cutest end table. It is always more beautiful when it has a fun story behind it as well!
Great hunting skills! A beautiful find!
oh wow, that is really cute kristin! that would me when i go thrifting i already have something in mind that i need…guess i need to start thinking nothing when i go next time..
thanks for the tip!
rea
LOVE – it's perfect!! Such an amazing find! I need to dig more .. last weekend I missed a mcm vanity top, luckily David was with me and found it!
love it!
Where is this road you speak of? I am dying to find new places to thrift in Atlanta
A very unusual wooden piece. The best kind!
Brenda
Awesome!! I always try to go looking for something in particular and end up disappointed…I need to just let all my lists go and have fun though!
Such an beautiful find, and love that you scored it at the thrift store! Love, love it!
Love that! Great find – looks awesome where you have placed it too. Nice work π
It's gorgeous!
Amazing find Kristin! And that vase is perfection!
I have an 18" round marble top that I found at a thrift store about 6 years ago. I have been looking for the perfect base for it ever since. YOU JUST FOUND IT! Damn you. π
It looks beautiful!!! The whole vignette!!
love the contrast of the white and wood. i'm impressed you take your kids thrifting with you…mine always fizzle out too quickly!
Great eye. Thanks for the reminder about having in mind "nothing" when going thrifting. Being open minded is the key to scoring finds.
Gorgeous…just everything. The styling is perfection and I love the natural with the glamour. Always inspiring π
What an awesome find!
There was a vase just like that in my boss' office at work. He gave it to me to sell at a yard sale. It didn't sell. So I gave it to my mother in law in Atlanta to sell at a yard sale. It didn't sell. So she gave it to a thrift store right before you posted that you purchased this one. I'm thinking that's not a coincidence π
I'm loving what you did with it so much and thinking perhaps I should have given that vase a second glance!