Saving a curbside find from the trash, this little table was upcycled with fresh paint and more!

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Some of my favorite things didn't come from a high end store, or cost a pretty penny. Some of my favorite finds for my home came from the curb!

I know some of you are thinking, "Ew" and others of you are thinking, "Wow, what a great find!"

It's Thrifty Style Team today, and what could be more thrifty than a table I found curbside? We are a group of thrifty loving bloggers who inspire you each month with our finds and how we decorate with them!

It's actually not often that I find furniture at the curb, so I was excited to bring this table home and show it some love with a makeover.

The table really wasn't in bad shape, although it was dirty and the drawer wouldn't open. Here are a couple of lousy before pictures, taken from screenshots! Sorry about that, I can't believe I forgot to take a decent before picture.

After cleaning the table with water, vinegar and dish soap, I was going to paint it white, but decided to go a little crazy and paint it this beautiful soft blush pink color! The color is  Ooh La La by Country Chic paint.

If you can't have fun with color at home, where else can you? At some point I will probably paint this table white so it blends better with my home decor, but for now I think it looks oh so chic!

The paint I used is chalk paint, which means that other than cleaning the surface, no other prep is needed. If you're unfamiliar with chalk paint, I have several articles that will help you, I would suggest you start here Chalk Paint 101, perfect for the beginner.

Two coats of paint were all it took to take this table from trash to treasure!

Mr DIY helped me fix the drawer by installing a drawer glide, which had been missing. It still looks a little wonky, but I wasn't looking for perfection. These types of little quirks add charm to an old piece.

I added some pretty paper to the inside of the drawer.


And replaced the boring pull with a gorgeous vintage pull!


Waaay back when we lived in Florida, I bought an old dresser from a thrift store in Sarasota. One of the things that made me fall in love with it were the vintage gold rose-shaped pulls.

The dresser was huge and barely fit in the back of my Tahoe; in fact, we had to leave part of the back open to accommodate it's height. I remember hearing the sound of something falling, but it wasn't until we arrived home that we realized one of those gorgeous vintage knobs had worked itself loose and fallen off somewhere on the hour drive home! I was understandably upset.

Several years later I finally got around to giving that dresser a makeover, but I had to source new knobs for it because of the missing one. You can see the cottage white dresser makeover here, and how it looked before.

Of course I saved the remaining vintage knobs, and it wasn't until now that I had something to use one of them on! I refreshed the gold with Rub 'n Buff in Antique Gold. It's a wax that you simply rub on and buff.

A little goes a long way, and it's one of the easiest ways to bring new life to hardware that has lost its sparkle and shine! Here is the hardware before.


And after adding a dab of gold rub n buff. What a difference right?


I've moved this curbside pink table to my entryway for now, but it'll likely move around a lot because of its small size. Hey, a girl has to have options 😉


Did you notice the pretty curved top?

When I was styling the table for pictures, I asked my daughter Abby if she would make me a quick art piece for the top.

She is currently taking Art and loves to dabble. Here is what she came up with for me.




Isn't the hydrangea sketch beautiful? I love having a piece of original artwork by my daughter sitting on this sweet upcycled table.

I know it's not everyday you find something sitting at the curb that you can bring home and upcycle...so when you DO find something, have fun with it and make it your own!

This sweet little pink table is a piece with a story...I may not know it's story before it came to be in my possession, but it's part of our journey now.

Let's see what my Thrifty Style Team friends have done this month. You'll find all the links below.