Diving for treasure

Over the weekend Steve and I went treasure hunting- of sorts. Friends of ours recommended we hit up the local tip shop, saying its a great place to find second hand furniture ripe for restoration. I'd been when I was much younger and back then all I thought was it was people's left over rubbish. I didn't have the imagination to see their potential. 





Steve said we should only purchase if we see something that isn't too large as of course we don't yet have our own house to store them in. I had my eye on gettting a coffee table to turn into an ottoman for the end of our bed, kind of like this. So when I spotted this 1960s vintage telephone table it got my mind racing.

I contemplated taking the drawer off and replacing the plether seat cover with some new material and wadding to make it nice and comfy. Perhaps a coat of white paint, the possibilities were endless.

I also like the look of the drawers in this old closet.

I was contemplating making some storage under our bed simply by adding some wheels to the bottom of old drawers.

But at $80 it was a little steep to buy an entire closet just for some drawers, and then I would have the problem of what to do with the closet.
Alas, I couldn't make a decision and Steve's shopping patience was dwindling so I held off on purchasing until I did some more research on what I could transform them into. I'm going to head back this weekend and see if the telephone table is still available or whether there's a more suitable piece to make into a coffee table! Wish me luck!