[MomwithHope]

Nice table story! I have seen many an enamel table at many a garage sale, most in terrible shape, many with drawers missing. So about 3 years ago I saw one on our town's facebook sale page. 20 bucks. Dragged hubby over there and bought it on the spot. It sat in the barn for 2 years. I was going to refinish it and gift to someone. Finally got around to it. Repainted, made new drawer bottoms out of some nice coated greyish masonite I had on hand. Bought new drawer handles, cute pipe design, and bought casters. The table legs already had holes drilled for castors. The top was in excellent except for one chip on the edge but I bought a enamel repair kit, about 8 bucks. It's like epoxy, mix apply, it has a scraping tool to level and two different sanding discs. Worked great you can hardly tell.

[FamiliarFace]

I love fixing things up and making them new again. Years ago, at my favorite consignment furniture shop, I found an actual antique mahogany ornately carved full sized headboard and footboard with the sides. It needed a LOT OF ATTENTION. It was beautiful but was very dry and had cobwebs all over and under it. It needed a thorough cleaning and revitalizing and that just what I gave it.

Once it was ready to come inside the house, hubby had to revamp the rails. There were no screw holes, it was pegs that fit into carved holes. It needed to be braced because the rails were just loosey goosey. After we got it stabilized it was ready for a board with a mattress on top. It couldn’t accommodate a box spring. It’s in one of our guest rooms and is a lovely bed for a single adult or the grandkids.

If we ever have to move it, it will take more work than a modern bed to take apart. I hope that’s not necessary for a long time!