Moviehole-katietreasures: Little Cutie Is Even Cuter!

I posted about this little cutie I found at my favorite thrift store.
We think it was made of old wood left over from other stuff, including old siding.

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It was quite a bargain for $33.75. It seems that I either have a plethora of end tables or I need a few more. I was in need after 2 of my children moved out recently. So I snatched her up without really knowing what I would do with her.

I put it in the most logical spot.

The guest room/office was lacking a bedside table.

I should have loved it. The color matched our antique bed.

But, I really didn't care for it there.

Are you wondering about the gun?

We have woods behind our house that used to be part of a farm. My daughter found this gun in the creek. Are you hearing. "Mama, I found a gun."? Well, Miss Bek doesn't really talk like that. At first I thought it was a bb gun or something. The mom of one of my students said she lived behind our woods when she was little and the land where my neighborhood sits belonged to some sort of militia group. Rumor had it that they stockpiled weapons???

Turns out it's a real gun, but it was in the creek so long it is super crusty. No danger.

This is Mr. Bill's office so it goes on the wall as a memento.

Anyway...

I decided to give my little cutie a good coat of white paint.

The table not the gun.

She is in my living room, which is getting a bit of a shabying for spring.
I know that the blog world is all excited about chalk paint. I personally have enough stuff that looks old and chippy all on it's own that if I paint something I want a nice white finish. :)

When I took off the old knob I discovered it was actually a key hole. So I put this old escushion plate on instead. The plate was very 60's early American looking but I did some snipping with tin snips to get this. I stuck a cute antique key in it.

I love antique porcelain knobs and had this one from something else. The old spring latch is broken but still looks cute. A replacement spring latch was $20.00 at the salvage shop.

Umm.. no. I couldn't do it. Not when I only paid $33.00 for her.

Here is my $5.00 lamp from the Goodwill.

I love the crystals.

Here is my $5.00 chair from a garage sale. It was covered in this weird verdigris flecked spray paint. I was able to basically wash off the old finish..

This wall shelf came from my mother in law. I love it and the little vintage postcard in the Victorian frame.

I love this old painting. I got it from my nana. The family thought it came from an art festival in New York city. Very romantic. I don't know that is true but that's the story I go with. :)