Finished Project Series: My Thrifted Tables! Table 1...

As you all know, my mom and I go on weekly (sometimes bi-weekly) treks to our favorite thrift store. This store has the absolute best prices of any thrift store in the area. We've really lucked out on clothes, shoes, books, housewares, toys, pretty much anything you can think of. The only thing we haven't really taken advantage of is their awesome furniture pricing.

This is not due to a crappy selection. It's due to the fact that the place is "cash and carry," which means, "you buy it now and take it home with you now!" And let me tell you, I don't have a big car. I have even less room in my not-so-roomy car after I've added myself, my mom, and my two kids with their car seats. As much as I'd love to leave there with desks, bureaus, armchairs, and rocking chairs, there's just no way to make that happen.

So, we rarely venture into the furniture section. That is, until one day a few weeks back, when a small green table caught my eye. I scooped it up and finagled it into my cart. I was just about ready to tell my mom what a great find I made when I saw a wooden, three-tiered, heart-shaped, tower-y thing. I grabbed that and with no room left in my cart, I went over to my mom and put it in hers. I also noticed another tall end table type table and put that with my stuff, too.

The picture I took to send my husband since he was at work when I bought them.

Now, I know what you're thinking: "You must've spent a small fortune on these tables!" Believe me, you'd be right if we were at any other thrift store. Tables like the ones I grabbed usually go for $5-$10 at other thrift stores. This particular day I got them for $1.10 for all three (Two were $0.50 and the heart-shaped tower was $0.10!!).

I could not wait to do some magic to them to make them my own!

A couple days later, I went to Wal-Mart and grabbed some spray paint for less than $4 per can. A few days after that, I took all my stuff out of the garage and got to work.

I was super duper excited to refinish these items!

Now, as much as I know you guys want to see all the tables from start to finish in one post, that's not going to happen. I am going to split them up into their own posts. I feel like it'll be easier that way.

First up: The heart-shaped tower-y thing.

When I first saw it, I was more impressed with the price than with the tower itself. I wasn't sure exactly what I would do with it. I thought it might be cute in Quinn's room, but I also wondered if maybe I'd sell it at a yard sale since the cost to refinish it would be so little. Just in case I changed my mind on it, I wanted to make it kind of neutral.

This might not be as neutral as I thought. Haha

I have never worked with spray paint before, so I admit, I have no idea what I'm doing. I picked out a silver metallic spray paint. Do you know what makes it look metallic? GLITTER!!! AAHHH!!!! Lol. After a couple coats of spray paint, this thing glinted in the sun.

I thought I was at a rave or 70's disco party! But, I loved it! And the more I look at it, the more I love it!

I told you it was glittery! Look at the shine!

I didn't think Quinn was going to care if I put it in her room or not, but I must've told her during the painting process it was going to end up in her room, because she started bugging me for it (I left it in the garage for a couple days to ensure it was dry enough to take inside).

She begged me for those tissues from the Dollar Store.

Joe was also impressed with how this turned out. Especially the fact that it only took about 5 minutes to spray paint the entire thing! He's never seen a quicker painting process. I'm also addicted to spray painting stuff now. Expect to see a lot more random items get spray paint makeovers!

So, that's it for this "table." Stay tuned for the other two!