another can of worms

I found this coffee table on garbage day a few weeks ago.

Yep, sitting by the side of the road with someone's trash.

I know that when I leave a big piece of something out in the trash,

I hope someone will get it before the garbage truck does.

There have been times when I'll leave something out, and if no one picks it up before I hear the garbage truck coming, I'll go outside, grab it, and wait until next garbage day and set it outside a little sooner to give someone else a chance to grab it.

Weird, I know.

I so couldn't pass by this wonderful find.

I love garbage day!

Honestly, it didn't look that bad, but it did need to be touched up.

However, since I have plenty of dark furniture in my family room,

I wanted to lighten this piece up a bit.

Besides, it would've been way too easy to just wipe it down

and put it in the family room, right?

So, this is what it looks like today:

Well, this is what one shelf looks like today.

It's actually all taken apart, sitting in the garage.

The rest of it is finished, or at least I think it's finished.

I'm just waiting on this shelf. I kind of messed it up, so I had to start it over.

Hopefully, I'll have after pictures before the end of the week!