Sep. 8, 2006 - Our Vintage Coffee Table
I was a bit hesitant to post the previous entry, as I was afraid I might tempt someone to be envious upon seeing my lovely, "shabby chic", coffee table. Har! Har!
Somehow, although it is most distressed, our coffee table is more "70's Basement" than "Antique Cottage". I suppose that fake wood veneer peeling off of particle board is not quite the same as a worn out antique.
It was given to us, along with some other furniture, by a very kind lady who no longer needed it in her basement. Although it is hideously ugly not my favorite style, it has been wonderfully useful. It has a handly little cupboard that houses our videos and has a perfect spot for magazines. It has been one of the first things our babies have pulled themselves up on when learning to stand, has been used for a stage, a bench, a bed, a wall of a blanket fort and more. Oh yes...we use it as a table too.
And one never knows...perhaps someday this hideously ugly most useful piece of furniture might be very valuable. Perhaps someday "70's Basement" will be the decorating style. (70's Basement Living Magazine etc.)
However, grateful though I am, and have been, for it, I shall not mourn or weep on the day in which it is retired to our basement.
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