Television Stand Complete

Remember the furniture I bought a month or two ago? And remember the dresser that I turned into a television console? And remember that I told you I'd show you a better photo of it when we were all set up in our new house? Okay, no more questions, I promise. Well, here she is all settled in our new home.

Ain't she a beaut? All grayish-blue and distressed - she's the stuff dreams are made of. I originally planned to paint it white then distress it, but when at Lowe's buying paint I gravitated towards the grays and the lighter blues. Then Ari spotted the Valspar sample pots and the rest is history. I bought two and they weren't even $3 a piece and I still had some left over so for less than $6 we (yes, Ari helped) painted the dresser, orb'ed the hardware, distressed it a bit, and called 'er done.

It sat like that (photo directly above) for a good couple of weeks - we still lived in our tiny 1300ish square foot apartment in Destin and had no where to put it, so it lived behind our sectional all awkward yet yummy.

When we moved to our new place a few weeks ago I realized I still hadn't cut the holes in the back of the dresser for the cords. Ooops. So our electronics sat all oddly on top of the dresser next to the television until I had the patience to cut the hole, which took all of 10 minutes but let me tell ya, when you have a house full of boxes, three kids, school starting, and a full-time job, you're not exactly too worried about making your TV stand look cute right away.

Instead, I did other somewhat important things like put beds together, and dig out sheets, and wash clothes, and take actual showers instead of bathing with nothing but baby wipes - oh don't you worry, that story will come soon enough and it actually deserves its own post.

So last week I finally emptied the last living room box, organized the contents of the TV stand, and cut some damn holes.

It was super easy, I simply used our jigsaw and cut holes large enough for all our cords to run easily through yet small enough so that they aren't visible from the front of the unit. And yes, I cut the holes right there in my living room. After I took the above photo I quickly sanded around my cuts and vacuumed up the little bit of sawdust left behind. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

So there you have it, our $25 craigslist dresser turned television console.

Budget Breakdown:

Dresser (found on craigslist) - $25
2 sample pots of paint - $6
brushes, poly, sander, jigsaw - $0 (already owned)
wood used to hold electronics where I removed the top two drawers - $3

Total for Television Console Makeover - $34

I'd call that a success,

Lor