Card catalog coffee table

For those of you who love antiques/old things, there is that one thing you've always wanted. For me, it was a card catalog and I wante...

I've been on the hunt for a card catalog for years! Seriously it's been years of looking. But I knew that some day one would fall on ...

Library card file turned into console table with pin legs and mirror top | styled by Emily Henderson. LOVE.

I'm totally in love with card catalog home decor and it's my new mission in life to find one. I've seen some pretty killer DIY'd ones, but there's just something about an original and all the history it has. In the mean time, I'm just going to swoon over some of these beauts floating around

There are moments in my attempt to decorate our house that my old English teacher personality kicks in. It probably has something to do with being raised by a librarian who passed down her love

Ah the rare and oh-so-hard-to-come-by card catalog! Even when you can find them, they will cost you a pretty penny! I did manage to score t...

Plan Chest Coffee Table Reclaimed original plan chest that has been repurposed, for use as a coffee table or TV unit. These old plan chests were origin...

It seems like my blog is a lot of 'befores' lately & I'm not mad about it. Today's 'before' is a little different as it's a piece of furniture that Jose built for us out of another piece of furniture that was a junkin' find that I got from a local vintage dealer. It kind of just sat in our last house unused & waiting for me to work on it & apparently it only took us moving to the farmhouse for inspiration to strike. The other day I was asking Jose to move it out of the living room

HGTV designers encourage you to take risks, such as repurposing antiques for other uses in the home.