Boy, am I an indecisive person. If given too many choices, I waffle - big time. For instance, I thought I had an idea of what I'd like to find for my son's apartment in the way of a coffee bar. I was leaning towards something like the industrial table that Dee from DeeConstructed made out of an aquarium stand.
Then, I get an email from Dee's friend Gary Meincke. He sent me a number of really cool flips. When I saw this one, I was immediately torn. Something like this would be cool for Zach's apartment! It could serve as a coffee/wine bar. So, now I'm back to square one. (If someone else submits another potential option, then I'll just have to leave it up to the readers here to choose.)
Gary saw this dresser sitting curbside. He brought it home and removed the drawers. He cleaned up the inside area with 1/4" MDF. Then, he separated the two sections building the stem glass hanger and the bottle holders. He left the right side door for storage. Because every good bar needs lighting, he ran LED rope light thru the glass and bottle section. He chose the color Merlot for the exterior and Cappucino for the interior. (See? Wine & Coffee names! Meant to be!) He changed the hardware to "grapes" and he was done.
Isn't that terrific? Very creative! This piece sold quickly.
Currently, Gary sells by word of mouth and via Facebook. He's building up his inventory though, and he'll be going the flea market route soon.
Thanks Gary for sharing your furniture flips! Your one of a kind table will be coming up very soon on the blog.
That wraps up another week of furniture flips. If you have a furniture flip you'd like to show off, email me at furnitureflippin@gmail.com .
~ Stephanie
Here is what is on my mind this morning: "Grey's Anatomy" is back on tonight. (About dang time!) I'm so glad they moved their time to 7pm this season. (Us old people like to be in bed early!) My sister said that the cast of "The Walking Dead" will be on "Inside The Actor's Studio" tonight, so I have to remember to DVR that. My honey's Valentine's Day gift should be arriving today. First and foremost on my mind? Will I ever find the piece of furniture that will work as a coffee bar for the chalkboard wall in Zach & Becky's apartment? Have you ever been on the hunt for just the right item for a certain spot in your house? Sometimes the hunt seems to last forever.
Our Furniture Flipper Annette Bucklyn Miner knows how that it. She was looking for a piece to repurpose into a small bar. It also had to fit a specific space. Lucky for her she found this Secretary Desk. It only measures 27" wide and it was the perfect size she needed.
Annette scraped the dated gold grid off of the glass and removed the inside cubby. (I despise painting cubbies! I'm sitting at a desk right now that has a cubby and I had to paint that thing twice because I hated the first color I used so much. Come to think of it, I think my handsome handy husband finally finished it for me.)
Annette and her husband spend their winters in Florida. She was looking to achieve a coastal & beachy feel with this piece. She painted it a light gray and then did a whitewash over it all.
The inside was painted using American Paint Company's Surfboard.
I love that color. Nice and delicately light. It goes together well with the exterior.
So there would be no mistaking what the new purpose of this Secretary is...(no getting coffee for the boss anymore, she'll be serving drinks!), Annette added an invitation to the party on it, by painting "The Bar" on the outside of the slant top desk door.
Once that door is opened, you see the real party begins. The bar "Is Open".
Annette also painted some fun numbers to each of the three drawers.
As you can see, it fits that little wall perfectly and it also holds it's liquor very well, too!
Well done Annette! Annette says she just flips furniture for herself and her family. Someone once said to her "only do it for love, 'cause when you start charging money they start bitchin'". Annette writes, "Sometimes I totally reinvent a piece and sometimes it's just painting and changing hardware. I've made kitchen islands out of maple buffets and outside potting benches out of old doors. All because I love doing it!"
Thanks so much for sharing your furniture flip Annette! We'd love to see what else you've done.
Dear readers, you don't have to flip furniture for a profit to be featured here. If you have a piece of furniture that you've made over, let's see it! Email me before/after photos and info you'd like to share to furnitureflippin@gmail.com. Your flip might inspire another person!
See you tomorrow!
~ Stephanie
There are some things that go on inside the walls of our house that you need to know. "Enter At Your Own Risk" is what the sign above our doors should say, instead of the friendly "Peace To All Who Enter" signs that hang there now. (Halloween pic - the bats are not everyday decor.)
What goes on? Chances are great that when you open any door, be it inside or outside at our house, somebody will jump out at you and try to scare the crap out of you. It happens daily here. We call it "Zombie Apocalypse Training". It's meant to make you have nerves of steel and teach you to stay calm if you find yourself confronted with walkers. Man, I've scared so many people and it never gets old. I do it, my husband does it, and my son does it. It. Is. Fun. For us, at least. Maybe not for the scarie (or is it spelled scaree? That doesn't look right either. I think it's scaree. Actually it's a made up word anyway, who cares?)
The other thing you must know is that I will sing all day long. I make up songs. Or I'll sing random songs constantly. I do it because I know that if I do it long enough somebody else is going to pick up on it and find themselves singing it, too. It'll get in their brains and there it'll stay. It drives my husband and son crazy. That's fun for me. It works with whistling, too. Yesterday I was singing the "Smurfs" song..."La la la-la la la, Sing a happy song" and before too long, my handsome handy husband comes in and he is singing it, too. I looked at him, he stopped and the look on his face was priceless. "You!", he says. I'm still laughing about it today.
This morning I walked into the kitchen where my son was and started to sing, "Good Morning, Good Morning! How did you sleep last night?" and I heard the distinct thud of the bedroom door closing. My husband wasn't about to fall for that again. He tuned me out really quick lest he be singing it all day long. Oh, gosh. I love doing that to people. Get inside their head...but in a good way. My poor husband and son. They love me though. They are pretty good at ganging up on me and paying me back for my torturous ways.
Back to the title of today's blog post. We've all heard that saying, "Happy Wife, Happy Life". Well, it really isn't all one-sided like that in a relationship. It takes two baby, it takes two! (Now, you'll be singing THAT song all day long.) Today we feature another husband-wife duo. Roni and her husband Gary from Roni's Rescued Relics. They tackle many tough flips together. They tag-team it. This time they took on this old and battered work bench.
It had been hanging out in their basement for awhile. Roni saw the potential in it and the two of them went to work. The piece had been sitting on metal crates so her husband built a new frame for the piece to sit on. It will soon be sporting some wheels, too.
Inspiration struck Roni again and she had her husband incorporate two old sewing machine drawers. (There he is making up his plan of attack.) (Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work he goes.)
It's looking good!
Let's take a look at what's going on with the back of this piece.
Baby got back!
Can it be anymore fabulous? I don't think it can. Wait...Roni isn't done. She has something else for her husband to do.
I love this picture of it upside down. This was snapped when it's wheels were going on. It reminds me of how the "Dumpster Dresser" we did used to hang out in the garage on a dolly in all sorts of positions.
Roni wasn't finished yet. Her imaginative brain was still churning out ideas. This time she asked Gary to install an outlet on the top. So, in keeping with the title of this blog post, he made his wife happy and their happy life continued. I've seen my husband work a chisel before and I marvel at it. I've tried it and it's not easy. I leave that up to him. Give and take.
Were they done yet? Nope! Good ol' Gar' made her a crate out of old pallet wood and attached it to provide additional storage. He also added an additional shelf. Roni pulled a Stephanie and did the finishing work, paint, stain, poly, etc. TEAMWORK.
Let's take a look at this project in all it's finished glory.
First the magnificent back...
...and now the front.
Very unique! It provides just the additional storage that Roni was looking for in her kitchen. I've glossed over some of the steps of this redo but you can read more about it and see additional photos on their Roni's Rescued Relics Facebook page. Get over there, give them a "Like" and let them know you saw them on Furniture Flippin'.
If you want to see even more items of theirs that I've featured here in the past, then check out their Kitchen Island, their French Provincial Chest of Drawers, and their gorgeous Dining Room Furniture redo. They are located in Long Island, NY. You can also find them on Etsy.
Thanks so much Roni for sharing your wonderful furniture flips! Keep 'em coming!
You dear readers, quit your slacking. Either submit a flip or submit a comment. One or the other. I need something to read, too!
See you tomorrow!
~ Stephanie
Boy, am I an indecisive person. If given too many choices, I waffle - big time. For instance, I thought I had an idea of what I'd like to find for my son's apartment in the way of a coffee bar. I was leaning towards something like the industrial table that Dee from DeeConstructed made out of an aquarium stand. 
