Hello New Craigslist Coffee Table: Get To Work!

For the past month, I've posted every Friday about
our Craigslist search for a coffee table for our study.

This past Friday ... we found it!

Yay!

Here it is, in its Craigslist ad.

I liked its sturdy bigness.  And the chubby legs.

I mean, really . . . chubby legs!  How cute.

So on yesterday's glorious Sunday afternoon,

Howard and I went to Lake Mohawk,

a short drive up Route 15 from us . . . .

And after keeping my husband from wandering off

to look at the boats, we found the sellers' house,

and Mr Coffee was loaded into the back of the minivan.

:-) 

And it came home to That Old House!

There are no good pictures today; I am laid up with a bum knee,

and there's an extra chair in the study for me to use, and this table

is just tucked in where it would fit.  It's not set in place yet.

The table is lovely, and nicely "distressed" -- restrained.

But ... white isn't right in this room.

So we are choosing another color.  Or, colors.

Howard and most of you are leaning toward green.

Me?  I am kind of leaning toward red, but that's because 

I love red.

Like this red, below, on that strip of fabric on the table.

It's the fabric for the dining room draperies, and

I have paint in that exact color.  All ready to go!

Or maybe ... red legs and base, and green top?

Or a top painted in a gold, green, red plaid?

Or a top decoupaged in paper or fabric?

While the white finish is very nice, it is not

right in this book-lined, rather dark jumble of a room.

Next Craigslist search:  More dining room chairs,

and also chairs for the round oak table in the sunroom.

Oh yes.  I've got some on the hook already.

Have a lovely Monday! -- Cass