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TV – Media Cabinet

We’ve been needing a cabinet for our TV in the basement. Couldn’t find anything new at the stores that we liked or could afford. At an antique store we spotted an old buffet from late 50s early 60s (I’m guessing). The price was right so we brought it home and I gave it a make over to give it a distressed paint look. My first time doing something like this.

As it sat in the antique store.

After sanding off the old worn finish and applying a grey base coat.

I then painted it green, sanded through some spots and applied a light wood stain over the sanded spots.

Finished with a clear coat.

Not the best job at distressing but good enough.

New Furniture

This…

Is being replaced with this…

The Daughter & Grand-kids are living with us while they get themselves re-established here after moving back from Alaska. To give us a little more living space we took down the pool table in the basement and are replacing it with furniture and a TV. I really hate to see the pool table go even though we never played. It’s just been a fixture in our house for so long and it gave our guests something to do.
Tearing down the pool table was quite a chore as was getting the new furniture to the basement. We ended up totally disassembling the couch to get it in the door and down the stairs.

Nova’s Nook

What I think was meant to be a make-up/dressing area in Nova’s room originally had 1 cabinet and a Formica counter (matching what was originally in our kitchen) along the mirrored wall. We bought this desk unit to replace it. The desk was just a hair too big so I removed the sheet-rock from the back wall and replaced it with a thinner bead board to gain the fraction of an inch I needed to make it fit. I also installed the track lighting. There is a walk-in closet to the right in the nook.