My Best Secondhand Furniture Find Ever! {Deal of the Century} | Thrifty Decor Chick

I love this method of shopping because I can browse at my leisure (usually
right before bed 😂), or if we’re looking for something very specific, it
allows me to “save” a search for specific keywords and/or set up alerts to
notify me of new listings. 

It turned into a pain of a project, but it was all worth it — we LOVE the
end result. That warm wine color is so lovely!  

But as often happens, one little change created an itch to make another one.
We’ve had our dining table for seven years and I loved the wood top: 

But the more farmhouse style tabletop and metal base were not meshing with
the changes I’d made in the room. I’ve been dreaming up ways I could change
out the metal legs, but never moved forward with it because the planked wood
top was what really didn’t fit in. 

As time passed, I was envisioning a more traditional table in this space. It
would be nice to have something larger as well. 

The dining room is part of our open concept living area. It was labeled as a
“morning room” on our plans and is full of windows and natural light. 

It’s not in perfect condition, but the imperfections are minor. Most
noticeable were some spots along the sides that were worn off. (You can see
some of them by the chair in the photo above.)

The top has a few spots and scratches, but you really have to look because
of the glossy finish:

There are a few water spots: 

I’ve heard that mayonnaise will remove water spots on wood — has anyone
tried this? I’d love to know how it went for you!

The glossy finish on top is the only thing we’ll have to get used to…I
like furniture we don’t have to worry about. We entertain a lot and have a
number of animals, so I don’t want anything too fussy. 

But I also don’t mind a lived in look. 🙂 I’m not going to babysit it, and
if we have issues I’ll refinish the tabletop. It has a wood veneer so I
would need to be a little more delicate than normal, but it’s always an
option. 

Overall I’m absolutely thrilled with it — I think it is just
gorgeous: 

The sweet woman who sold it to us just wanted it gone, as they are moving
out west and building a house in the middle of the mountains. It sounds
absolutely amazing and I wish I could friend her to follow along on their
adventures! 😁

I literally just happened upon my best secondhand find ever! 

Our old table was around 80 inches long, and I was feeling like we could go
quite a bit bigger in here. The table as is runs the same length, but a bit
wider. 

But with the two leaves added, it can go as long as 114 inches. We have one
leaf in and with that it’s 96 inches long. It fits this room so much
better!:

Now we will be able to sit ten people around the table if needed. This will
be wonderful when we have a house full of people at parties and especially
at Thanksgiving.

The quality isn’t quite as good as my other ones, but it’s still
a beautiful rug and is holding up well. The price for a large rug is hard to
beat!

I purchased it about a month after painting the console and the colors work
so beautifully together. I LOVE the rug with the dark table: 

I feel like there’s nice balance in here…I didn’t want the room to get too
fussy. 

I’ve always added character to our home with DIY projects, but over the past
year or so I’ve been leaning into adding it with furniture too. 

And here it is a year later with richer accent colors and wood tones: 

 

The rainy days we’ve had lately made for the perfect moody vibe in here!
🙂 

I have a few smaller updates I’d like to make to the built in and window
seat, and I’ll share those soon. Would you paint the built ins around the
window the same color as the room, or leave it white? I go back and forth on
that!