Today won't you join me for '2nd Time Around Tuesday? ' Diane at A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words, is our host for this fun event. Be sure and visit Diane's blog to share in the fun.
Today my post is all about the most fun coffee table ever. My coffee table was a butler table and very formal. Not right for our new life in our mountain home. I shopped all the furniture stores to no avail. Then I happened on a very rustic mixed antiques and 'stuff' store in town. The perfect coffee table was sitting in that messy store. How did you guess? It was a heavy, solid oak coffee table that was painted and stenciled with pine cones. Hooray, just what I wanted. I can't say it was a bargain at $158. but the furniture stores would have been lots more than that. You be the judge.
It is kind of hard to tell but the color is just right. The stenciling is just th touch I was looking for.
Bronze doves from an auction. One little toe was broken but I loved them. Can you see it?
Some glass balls to pick up the colors in the couch. My sister-in-law made the stone coasters. That is a V, some might think it is a funky 2, Smile.
Ponder this!
Always buy good shoes and a good bed.
Because if you aren't in one, you are in the other!
Blessings and love...Jeanne
Dear Jeanne, I've been so busy I haven't checked your posts for ages. I've been missing something glorious because you brighten my day every time I look. I do love you. I especially love your post about teachers. My mom was a teacher and I can just see her saying the same thing and holding her head up high. Thank God for teachers! Thanks, Bill! Can't wait to see you. Love, Linda
Posted by: Linder | March 24, 2009 at 05:56 AM
Good morning Jeanne...Boy, I'll say...that coffee table is perfect for your room...I wonder how long it had been waiting & waiting to come live at your house? I am surprised no one else had snapped it up...perhaps because the store was so messy they couldn't see it...LOL... I love the birds you have on there & the one with the owee (broken toe) is my fav!
Hugs, ;-) Bo
Posted by: Bo | March 24, 2009 at 06:19 AM
I've had a broken toe several times, and I am glad I was loved - even then. So, of course I love your bird(s).
I like your "ponder" of the day. Love you.
Posted by: Beverly | March 24, 2009 at 06:34 AM
Hi, Jeanne! The table is wonderful! I like how it's been transformed! The basket "nest" with stones adds a great outdoors-in touch! Happy Day ((HUGS))
Posted by: Tracy | March 24, 2009 at 06:35 AM
I like your birds and their nest close by. Good job.
Posted by: Sally | March 24, 2009 at 07:49 AM
That table is really pretty and I love the birds and the basket with the glass balls. Just BEAUTIFUL! Your pondering thought is just so TRUE! Have a great day Jeanne!
Posted by: Darlene | March 24, 2009 at 09:10 AM
Great table and 2nd time around subject, Jeanne. One of these days I'll take a good picture of J's trout table, in the lodge. I've posted photos before, but none are real clear.
Posted by: Pat@Back Porch Musings | March 24, 2009 at 09:25 AM
A great table...just what your home in the mountains needed...good job!!
It's funny, but I have a posting in draft about my coffee table...another 2nd time arounder !! Great minds!!
Posted by: bj | March 24, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Hello! thanks for visiting and commenting on my page. :-) The table is pretty and unique because it is stenciled. Bronze doves are cute-I buy stuff that are not so perfect too. Nothing wrong with that.
Have a nice day!
Posted by: MBW | March 24, 2009 at 12:29 PM
I really like the coffee table. It looks taupe, which goes with so much!
Posted by: Joy | March 24, 2009 at 07:35 PM
Hi Jeanne,
I love the table, and I think it is well worth what u paid for it.
I didn't know you had a sister named Diane...maybe I just missed that detail!
Thanks for linking to 2nd Time Around~
Diane
Posted by: Diane@A Picture is worth.... | March 24, 2009 at 09:08 PM
That table is absolutely perfect! It's really pretty with the birds and so right for your cabin. I adore that quote about the shoes and the bed and I must borrow it for my next post! ♥
Posted by: Betty Jo | March 25, 2009 at 04:25 AM
Hello My Jeanne,
Sorry I'm late visiting you blog....I love the letter "V" that your DIL made...great ideas...on the coaster. I love to do the Uppercase Letters...Thanks for stopping by....Congrats on your First place on your corbread.... Love th tag...LOL Have a wonderful week..Kathy
Posted by: Katherinellen | March 27, 2009 at 11:44 AM