Before and After Sewing Table

A former coworker of mine manages a local thrift store.

She has taken my oldest under her wing a bit.

She lets him hang out and work on things.

He fixes her computer alot.

She and her husband feed him cheeseburgers and soda.

He loves it.

It's nice to know that he has a place to hang out

where I don't have to worry about

where he is

what he's doing

or who he's with.

Those are things that I've had plenty to worry over during his early teen years.

Sometimes my son brings me home treasures,

but this one I found while stopping in to drop off a snack.

I thought it was just a little bench,

needing a bit of paint and a square of fabric.

You can see it definitely needed something.

Not until our trip to Hannibal and shopping through the antique stores

did I know why the table had a lift off top.

It's a sewing table.

The top comes off and you can fill the inside

with your spools, needles, thread,

and whatever else you'd like to stash.

My boys would have hidden so many things in there when they were little.

I was always finding "little guys" hidden in the freezer, cabinets, drawers.

The table has now been given a coat of barn red paint.

This was topped with clear wax mixed with  black and brown umber paints.

I just stir up the wax in an old coffee cup with the paint until it's all nice and mooshy.

Then apply and buff.

After I'd already painted the table,

I found fabric on clearance for $3/yd.

The table top needed about 75 cents worth of fabric.

The table was free.

The paint and wax were about $2.

So my little sewing table costs under $3.

I really like this little table,

especially after finding that the top lifts off for a reason.

The things I could stash in there,

but the table is off to my booth,

which is filled to the brim.

I get to move into a second booth on the first,

or perhaps a few days early if I'm lucky before Labor Day weekend.

I love what I do!

 Fall is here and I'm ready to dive right into it I can't wait to hop into that first huge pile of leaves