While off on maternity leave I deemed my bedside tables too
small for the amount of stuff needing to go on them. Think lamp, clock,
monitor, home phone, cell phone, kindle, and random things such as a glass of
water, soothers, and raisins (pregnant people are hungry ALL hours). I longed
for more table top space as well as a drawer.
I liked the fact that current tables were black and round as
all other furniture in the room seemed square and brown. So the hunt began for
black round bedside tables. They were easy to find if I wanted to spend a small
fortune on one, but alas I am small fortune-less.
I remembered on a CityLine episode once seeing a usedfurniture liquidation place that had all kinds of things in bulk from hotels
and thinking ahead I had bookmarked the site. And voila!! The tables I had
dreamed of – only the wrong color.
I also remembered seeing a Pinterest pin about having a
power bar actually in the drawer – GENIUS!! I could plug in my cell and kindle
and charge them over night without a million cords exposed that G can pull.
My main problem was painting. I am not supposed to be
painting while pregnant and all. Brother in law with a shop to the rescue. He
painted the tables black and put on the new knobs I bought and I finally have
the tables I originally envisioned.
(Drilling the hole in the back for the extension cord was a
nightmare, due to lack of experience and proper tools)
So cost-wise: 2 tables $130 for both taxes in, however also
the gas to get to Oakville & back – but we also made an Ikea trip out of it. New knobs $10. Sanding & painting $130. So $270, I can’t complain, I
love them.
