Friday, May 13, 2011

{re}purposed friday...fun & FUNCTIONAL...

hello!!!
wow, i can't believe it's already been a WEEK since i last posted...these days are just FLYING by!

my {re}purposed project today is one that i am really excited about...
i {with the help of my mom} transformed their old center island that they had in their kitchen many many years ago into my CASH REGISTER COUNTER!! 

we were excited about this for a number of reasons...
1.
my DAD was ecstatic to get it out of there garage - i would say it's been sitting in there {& doing nothing but get in the way} for the last 7 years or so... :)
2.
 it would be fully functional...i have small bags & tissue paper in the drawers and then bigger bags & other storage room in the cupboard part below
3. 
 it's unique
4.
 it's {re}purposed


 i, of course, forgot to take good photo's of it beforehand so when i did remember, i took the following... 
how we did it....
my brother trimmed down the actual counter top so that the edge didn't hang over too far.
the base was already painted a cream color...so we just brightened it up with some new antique white paint.  then the table top definitely needed a little something new done with it...something that said "Vintage Glam"...so we found this old newspaper print wallpaper at menards.  it worked out perfectly.  added a couple of coats of a polyurethane varnish to protect it and add some shine!  the knobs in the front were gold & old and didn't go with the look of the store at all, so i purchased some new wooden knobs {at menards} and painted them the pretty coral color that you see below...
my brother drilled a hole on top by where i placed the cash register for all my cords & WAH-LAH...just like that, we had created a unique, fun, and FUNCTIONAL cash register counter


seeing as it was in my parents house when we were young...i had to share a few photo's that i found this morning.  below is my younger brother, matt,  sitting at the center island {isn't he SO CUTE..i smile everytime i look at this!} 
below is another FUN picture i loved finding, it was taken probably about 30 years ago...
{& no not JUST because of stephanie's funny face in the back...LOL} but i love it even MORE because sitting down at the table is my older brother, eric, and our family friend, trisha.  wanna hear something so NEAT!?!?  eric & trish are still GREAT friends to this day - they are actually neighbors... and now THEIR kids are great friends and play together - isn't that neat!  i just love it!! :)   


and just ONE more...
{i believe there was chocolate involved, we all look pretty HAPPY!}

a few more AFTER photo's....


i appreciate you stopping by...
have a LOVELY Friday!!  :)
XOXO,
eryn

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