When my husband and I were expecting our son, Marshall, we did what every soon-to-be new parents do. We bought things! We bought everything that you will think you need once the baby arrives. Now that we have lived through the first year, we realize that we didn't necessarily need everything that we purchased.
One of those things was our changing table.
If i had to guess how many times I used our changing table, I would have to say we used it about 10 times. Now that Marshall is older we definitely do not use the table, and the thought of putting it in storage just waiting for whenever we decide to have another kid makes me feel so bad. We spent good money on this table for it to never be used!
So I am putting it to work as a display table in my living room!
We plan on using the bottom two shelves for storage. I want to find some cool baskets to put in there where we can store some of Marshall's stuff, and maybe even some pillows and blankets.
The first thing that I knew I wanted to display on my new table is the cool shutters that I picked up at a local recycling warehouse. At first glance, I thought they were antique. So i made the $5.80 purchase, got them home, and then realized that they were not antique, they were just really dirty. So i cleaned them up, and antiqued them myself. I used a dry paint brush, dipped the tips in some brown paint, wiped the paint off on a paper towel so that the brush was pretty much just tinted with the color, and then began making streaks and strokes, focusing mostly on edges.
This was the result!
The next item that I wanted to add to the table was this cool, decorative, antiqued bird cage that I picked up at a local store called Ross. If you live on the mainland, specifically in the Midwest, Ross is comparable to Marshall's or TJ Maxx.
My living room is French themed (getting there, this is a recent re-decorating decision)
so I included a picture that I also bought at Ross. I picked up this gem for $12!
I also included an antique wine bottle that I found at the recycling warehouse for only $5.00!
The last thing that i put on the table was a trunk that I found at, you guessed it, ROSS!
We also use this trunk to hide our unsightly items (diapers and wipes!) this also keeps them out of reach from our little trouble maker ;-)
I am SO EXCITED that we are getting some use out of this table,
and I LOVE the results!
