Trash or treasure??

10 years ago

Here is the dumpster dive coffee table, picked during Running Club last Saturday. It's darling, looks like the top is leather, maybe?? Just missing 1 caster.
I thought Annie Sloan paint? Chalk paint? Simple Murphy's Oil Soap?? The sky is the limit..... meanwhile, a friend suggested Old English Dark Scratch Cover and it worked like a charm. (Trailrunner-- perfect for your new/old chairs!)
Pretend I've found the new casters & the table is taller. :)

(sorry about the dark cell phone pic, my camera is broken)

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Annie Deighnaugh
10 years ago
With the leather top, don't paint it. Leave it wood. Great find.
juliekcmo
10 years ago
Perfect size and scale with your windows.

Lucky!

And I also am a fan of old english scratch cover. We got a (new to us) kitchen table and chairs last weekend from the antique mall, and they look 1000% better after the scratch cover.
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The Perkiomenville Auction is still going -- every Monday year round. There are still dealers and the auction part. There are far fewer dealers than there used to be -- I would recommend if you are going to have a far drive to go on a holiday weekend like memorial day or labor day as that is the only time the auction is really hopping anymore. (Though the first few nice Mondays of spring are also bound to be crowded.) The deaers also don't seem to start as early as they used to -- used to be most dealers were there and set up by dawn. Now if I get there at 7 or 8 it is still empty -- people are rolling in to set up when I am leaving at 9. Again, though, the holiday weekends are an exception -- best to be early those days. I did figure out the auction tables thing - yes, you can pick through things left behind. Technically, though, I think you are supposed to offer money to the woman collecting money for the auctioneer for what you take -- I have seen her yell at people. But there are always a ton of people taking stuff and not being very subtle about it (they bring boxes and tote bags and load up) and no one seems to pay. I'm pretty sure that what gets left behind gets tossed unless the consignor comes back to get it (and most of it is like mildewy clothes and moldy books, etc. that you know no one is coming back for) so I guess it is better that people take it than it goes in a landfill somewhere. I have also bid on things at the auction - it is exactly like I described above - a crowd of people standing around an unorganized pile of stuff, while the auctioneer holds something up. Bidding usually starts at a dollar. The winning bidder hands over cash and puts his new item in a pile -- by the end of the auction, there are piles of people's wins all over the place. I have seen some really nice furniture go for very cheap (most of the other bidders are dealers looking to buy low for a profit, so it is not hard to outbid them if it is something you want for yourself.) But I have also seen them auction TOTAL junk -- furniture that is moldy or falling apart, broken glass patio tables, etc. In fact one day they auctioned a plastic covered cat litterbox that still had litter and cat poop in it. No, I am not kidding and no it did not sell LOL! I think they literally load the truck up at a house cleanout and bring it directly to the auction as is -- thus the litterbox full of poop etc. At one point, I was waiting around to bid on one oak schoolhouse chair that matched my kitchen chairs. The lot before it was 4 kind of ugly folding chairs from the 40s. When those didn't get bids, the auctioneer added my oak chair to the lot. I was the only bidder and got all 5 chairs for a dollar. I had no use for the 4 folding chairs and when a guy next to me saw that I was planning to leave them behind, he asked if he could have them and I gave them to him. I ended up with another chair for my kitchen table for the sum total of $1 and he ended up with 4 free folding chairs. So anyhow, that might be more than you wanted to know but there you go.
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yayagal
10 years ago
Leave it be.
Elraes Miller
10 years ago
Wonderful, keep it as is. Yes to scratch cover.
arlosmom
10 years ago
What a great find! I love it just as it is.
Sueb20
10 years ago
Great find. I also vote no on painting it.
bonnieann925
10 years ago
Treasure! I'd leave it as is and simply add the casters to make it taller. What a find!
loribee
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks so much girls, for looking and weighing in ---
I tried for an hour this AM to upload the before pic, it finally took! Here it is before the Old English Scratch Cover- I'm telling you, that stuff is amazing! :)
sis2two
10 years ago
I love it just as it is! I would add casters to it though.
Holly- Kay
10 years ago
Beautiful. I think you found the coffee table to my end table.
Holly- Kay
10 years ago
Here is a pic.
User
10 years ago
WoW!! What a great find . And thank you for the vote about Old English . I have a bottle of it LOL ! But I think I have too dark a color for the newest old chair. I have sanded the arms down and they are a coffee with lots of cream color that I LOVE. Don't want to put it on there and have them darker. I shall use it on the rest though. THANK YOU !! DO NOT PAINT :) c
nancybee_2010
10 years ago
It's beautiful! I would leave it alone too. I love the oval shape, it's so graceful.

Holly, yours is lovely too!
teacats
10 years ago
Gorgeous!!!

Yes --graceful lines and very elegant -- suits the whole room! :)

And yes -- I would simply add casters (check on Amazon -- it is amazing what turns up there!) and enjoy it! :)
Vertise
10 years ago
Great find. Like it as is!
TxMarti
10 years ago
That was in the trash?!!! Lucky you! I would leave it and just polish and add a caster. Does it look like they cut the legs down or was it always that height?
peegee
10 years ago
By castors I hope you mean vintage wood ones to keep the effect right...really REALLY nice find!
mtnrdredux_gw
10 years ago
I would add casters to make it taller.

This is a perfect example of something perfectly nice that is not currently on trend.

When your item was new, it would have been sold in a store that had a mess of old shipping crates and such out back.

Today, an old paint splattered shipping palette on casters would never go in the trash; it would be considered chic and sell in a boutique! Meanwhile your piece goes begging.
loribee
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks so much-- I will try to find the perfect casters.
I wonder if years ago sofa's were shorter, maybe? Is that why the table is so low???
Holly-Kay (with the gorgeous kitchen....) I can't believe you have the matching end table! How funny is that??
nhb22
10 years ago
I have similar pieces with the 'leather' tops. Did you put the OE Scratch on the leather, as well? Mine looks so dried out.
loribee
Original Author
10 years ago
Yes, I did put the OE on the leather. I was nervous but figured I had nothing to lose. I buffed it up really well after and it revived the leather part quite nicely. :)
erinsean
10 years ago
Did you know that Old English Scratch remover comes in two different stains....One for light wood and one for dark wood. I have used both and they are great!
nhb22
10 years ago
Thanks. I'll give it a try.
bbstx
10 years ago
Try this website for replacement casters. I know nothing about them, but they seem to have an extensive inventory.

Forgot to add: Congrats on finding such a classic piece!

Here is a link that might be useful: Antique Hardware replacement brass casters

This post was edited by bbstx on Sat, Nov 23, 13 at 17:24
loribee
Original Author
10 years ago
Ogoopogo -- I love it! It's so pretty with your rug, too! It's hard to tell, but is it shorter also??

Bbstx -- thanks for the fun link! I just might find something good there!
loribee
Original Author
10 years ago
Great story, Ogoopogo....Hollywood, fun story. I'm impressed :)
melsouth
10 years ago
That's a great find.
Good for you!
loribee
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks, Melsouth! I'm enjoying it.

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