To Finish or not to Finish

I'm always on the hunt for mid-century furniture because I'm frankly obsessed with it. I've been looking for a coffee table to replace the one we have (that is great, but ends up tipping over all the time because it's so stout) but have been unable to find anything for a good price.

Today while browsing the aisles at Urban Ore, I found this little guy:


NOT a coffee table. But, finding any furniture with tapered legs on it is pretty rare, especially for the $9 that I paid for it. It's pretty small and will work nicely as a little side table somewhere.

It's in rough shape and will have to be reconditioned. I don't think the wood is very nice, maybe a pine or something like that, without any nice grain. It could be stained to look much better. It could also be finished in a few other ways. I need your advice!

Should I:

1. Refinish the table with a dark stain
2. Paint the table a light, cream corn yellow
   
3. Refinish the legs, and tile the top
   
4. Paint the legs, tile the top

I've got some picture tiles I made which I think would look nice with some other neutral tiles on the top of the table. Here's an example:

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I took the Pledge

I added a new button to the side of my page; it's the "I took the Handmade Pledge" one right alongside this post (for now, anyway. It will move when this post moves!)

The pledge is pretty basic, it simply says that I'll only give handmade gifts for the holidays this year.

I hope to do a lot of the gifts myself, but, it also means that anything that I give that I don't make will have been bought handmade by someone else.

I'm excited to see if I can really hold to it.
Interested? Follow the link on the button.

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ATTENTION!

People reading this blog!

Please visit my NEW blog! It is a place for my artistic endeavors.
I'll continue to blog her about personal stuff, but plan on using the new blog for the things I'm doing and creating.

I would really love to see all of you there!

http://nissanicole.blogspot.com

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