Garage Sale

This table has a story!

So I had been wanting to do a garage sale for a long time. We just had lots of stuff accumulating that was worth something, but we didn't need. So our neighborhood was having a neighborhood garage sale and I decided 2 days before that I would do it. So I spent 2 full days getting things ready, clothes, random decorations, microwave and other random odds and ends. Garage sale day came and it was FREEZING cold. I had to get out all my kids new winter clothes so they could be outside with me. Well we only sold a few thing and made $40. But I had listed some things on craig's list. This table was one of the things I had listed. We bought this table when we first got married. It was old brown with the gold brass things on the legs and had 4 padded chairs with wheels on them. The table had water damage and was a little scratched. After making a couple moves with us it was scratched all over and had more water damage and we no longer had the chairs. So I thought I would try sanding it and painting it black. So I sanded, painted and then sanded the edges. Then I did a finish over all of it. This is the after picture! What we bought for $20 6 years ago I sold on Craigs list for $70. I was so excited. I had fun doing it too! We also sold all of our other garage sale items and made $300. It was much more worthwile to do craigs list than a garage sale.