Best Things in Life are Free

So the tenant who lived in our basement just moved out on Saturday. Lo and behold, we went downstairs and both of us were perplexed. All of the furniture in the basement apparently was bequeathed to us (a love seat, an office chair, bed and frame, a recliner, and a ton of kitchen utensils). This was pleasantly unexpected.

Instantly, we logged onto craigslist and posted the love seat and sold it within a day. I sold the mattress to one of my brothers, the recliner to another, and the office chair to my parents. We ended up making the easiest money ever in a matter of ten minutes.

Two end-tables were left as well, and I wanted to keep those. Steph and I have been using these Walmart end tables that have worked for eight+ years, but it's been a long time coming to get "new" bedroom furniture. Until we decide to buy an actual bedroom set, these tables will do just fine.

As we start to decorate our house with new furniture, one of the things I'm trying really hard to do is get away from certain wood tones, specifically, the wood finish that is this end-table. We went to Lowes (trip number 6? in the last three weeks), and I picked up some cans of off-white spray paint. 

Two coats later, the end tables started to take good form.

And the semi-final result sitting in our oh-so-boring room.

This last picture is after the first layer of paint, so is out of sequence. You can see some areas that need a second coat. 

The next job is going to be doing something with our headboard, finding a dresser that's not both 20 years old and a piece of crap, and deciding on a paint color that's more fun than what we have.