vintage glam {the boutique}: {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...

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... :)

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

it's unique

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!! :)