Painted Bench Makeover for only $10

So, I’ve become a bit of a junker over the past few months. Inspired by other bloggers, I was on a quest to quell this creative beast inside me!

A few months ago, I stumbled upon a HUGE community yard sale. I hit about 60 homes and walked away with tons o goodies!  Here’s one of them.

Now some of you may LOOOVE pink flamingos, palm trees and painted boats adrift on the ocean, but I thought this was so in need of some love. So I stripped down the top and painted over the legs with a cream I had on hand. I used a Cabot all in one poly stain in Dark Oak and added about 3 coats.

Here’s my finished product:

The primer wouldn’t come off completely when I was stripping it, but I stained over it anyway and I love the finished product. Hint’s of that white peeking thru give it that worn look I was hoping for.

The bench opens up for great storage. Underneath, you can really see how the white primer would not come off. 

I paired the bench with a dollar store find and another piece I found on the junk hunt. A metal bucket with cute white flowers paired with this frame for $2.

You know I love my barn stars! I hot glued this one to the frame using ribbon. For the picture, I used scrapbooking paper.

It’s a cute vignette that I was able to create in a weekend for under $20.