KahyZen : DIY: Entryway Furniture Makeover

I was hoping to restart my apartment makeover this summer but somehow didn’t get around to any of the projects on my list. Now that summer is over, I find myself running helter skelter trying to get it all done before the weather turns cold and miserable – gotta love procrastination.

When we moved into our apartment last Oct, I looked evarrrrrywhere for the perfect foyer / entryway table but kept running into 2 problems - What I liked was outside my budget and I hated everything within my budget.

I ended up settling for an Ikea Micke desk which works nicely for us. We covered the cable hole with a letter holder and use the 2 drawers as a his&hers holding place for keys and other random crap.

Cost ? $59 and a little imagination – I don’t think Ikea still has this but you can find it’s close cousin here

Fast forward to the treasure at hand

Last week, on my way home I stumbled across this abandoned foyer table and a 1980’s hardshell samosonite suitcase. I quickly rescued them before the dumpster truck made their daily run. Yes I know, I have no shame, and yes I will go dumpster diving for a good piece of furniture and most likely carry it on my head and walk home if it does not fit in my car – something about approaching 30 makes me not-give-a -puck. Plus, I love a good DIY project.

I wanted to add more color and lighter pieces to my living room 'cos my walls are dark. So I decided to go for white and gold inspired by images from pinterest.