Took a trip to the Goodwill Bins today and scored this awesome Mid-Century Modern style end table! It’s not high quality – faux bois laminate type surface, a bit wobbly – but it was $3!! Three dollars!!
Pretty beat up, but I’m hoping this will be my before post and in a few weeks I’ll be showing you after photos! Not quite sure what I’ll be doing to it yet, maybe spray painting it either orange or green… I’m not at all experienced with furniture recon projects, so I’d love any ideas or advice anyone might have!
The Stats
- Where: The Bins
- What: 50’s modern style end table
- Total Damage: $3
Want to see some other furniture scores from the Bins since we’ve been living here? The best is my sewing table, for $10:
And both the shelving units on my desk are from there (probably around $3-5 each):
Our old loveseat was a Bins find for $15, and now lives at David‘s apt. I also got a drafting table top for $8; sadly, the great adjustable legs wouldn’t fit in my car and I had to leave them behind – I use the table top on a keyboard stand for craft shows. Yay the Bins!
On a side note, the reason I was looking at furniture today was that Pete will be moving most of his side of our shared studio to his new studio space next week, which will give me way more space!! This is super awesome because while my half-room was fine when we first moved in, I’ve accumulated sooo much more stuff since then (thanks to said Bins!) and it’s impossible to keep it organized! So I’m planning out some new shelving and drawers and I’m going to get it all super duper organized – I can’t wait!!
Lee Does Stuff 
I never made it out to the bins when I lived in Portland but my ex-boyfriend once found me an ILLUSTRATED GERMAN LORD OF THE RINGS BOX SET there. I was actually about to break up with him but was swayed for another four or five months, just being so impressed that he would a) find it and b) know how perfect it was for me…sigh…I do have a fond memory of finding a Pulp Fiction shirt in the Seattle bins for 15 cents, which at age 14 is like the thrift store holy grail.
LikeLike
I never made it out to the bins when I lived in Portland but my ex-boyfriend once found me an ILLUSTRATED GERMAN LORD OF THE RINGS BOX SET there. I was actually about to break up with him but was swayed for another four or five months, just being so impressed that he would a) find it and b) know how perfect it was for me…sigh…I do have a fond memory of finding a Pulp Fiction shirt in the Seattle bins for 15 cents, which at age 14 is like the thrift store holy grail.
LikeLike
Also, I love your thread holder! So clever. Did you make it yourself?
LikeLike
Also, I love your thread holder! So clever. Did you make it yourself?
LikeLike
You could decoupage it with knitterly pictures!
LikeLike
You could decoupage it with knitterly pictures!
LikeLike
Hooray for bins! We got an amazingly comfy couch there for ten bucks, I found a couple of cashmere sweaters, among many other wool sweaters and fun fabrics for the usual dollar-something a pound. A cookbook from 1883 once for a dollar.
Sweet end table – I think I had a similar one growing up. If I were re-furbing it (totally not an expert..) I would skip sanding, of course, and just spray paint it something awesome, and throw on a coat or two of gloss or something clear.
Cheers!
LikeLike
Hooray for bins! We got an amazingly comfy couch there for ten bucks, I found a couple of cashmere sweaters, among many other wool sweaters and fun fabrics for the usual dollar-something a pound. A cookbook from 1883 once for a dollar.
Sweet end table – I think I had a similar one growing up. If I were re-furbing it (totally not an expert..) I would skip sanding, of course, and just spray paint it something awesome, and throw on a coat or two of gloss or something clear.
Cheers!
LikeLike
Can’t wait to see what you do with the table. See if you can tighten the legs hardware underneath; might help the wobbliness. Sigh, yeh, I’m on a Bins fast, myself. Earlier this summer I literally couldn’t even walk into my little work room. I’m sooo trying too make stuff with only what I already have, and not keep getting more! O, but there’re such treasures to be found at the Bins!
LikeLike
Can’t wait to see what you do with the table. See if you can tighten the legs hardware underneath; might help the wobbliness. Sigh, yeh, I’m on a Bins fast, myself. Earlier this summer I literally couldn’t even walk into my little work room. I’m sooo trying too make stuff with only what I already have, and not keep getting more! O, but there’re such treasures to be found at the Bins!
LikeLike
Aw, man. You gotta love Goodwill. I got all of my lamps there! :oD
LikeLike
Aw, man. You gotta love Goodwill. I got all of my lamps there! :oD
LikeLike
Wow! I recognize the waterfall chest of drawers! I had one like that in Santa Maria and I had to leave it behind when I moved. Did yours have the mirror stands in the back too?
LikeLike
Wow! I recognize the waterfall chest of drawers! I had one like that in Santa Maria and I had to leave it behind when I moved. Did yours have the mirror stands in the back too?
LikeLike
Chris: My mom has one of those tables at her house. Her’s has a mirror attached.
LikeLike
Chris: My mom has one of those tables at her house. Her’s has a mirror attached.
LikeLike