I try to check in on Craigslist daily but since I have started redoing my kitchen and dining room I have really been looking hard. See the thing about CL is that there are some REALLY good deals to be had and there are some POACHERS out there who snatch up the deals really fast! So… if you want a good deal you have to check OFTEN and be ready to pounce!

I was today. Funny story that goes with this.

Back when Troy and I were going through “IT” we were preparing our house to sell. All of the accents on our house are black and my mother said… we need a BLACK water hose. Well I have never SEEN a black water hose to be perfectly honest with you! I was like… “yeah okay mom” to which she replied… “no … put it on the list…. I want a black water hose”. I humored her and out we went to the dollar tree to retrieve something I had previously forgotten. As we headed down Clays Mill I nearly got myself into a wreck. Low and Behold THUS MY EYES DECEIVE ME??? I literally did a 360 on Clays Mill … and there it was… in the TRASH in front of someone’s house. Not ONLY a black water hose but a TAN house for it all neatly rolled up. Funny how God works? Ask and you shall receive right??

So for the past week or two I have been inspired by my soon to be black kitchen cabinets and green walls and by Rhoda at Southern Hospitality Blog (here- http://southernhospitality-rhoda.blogspot.com/2007/07/tour-of-my-diningroom.html) who redid her dining table painting the base black… i LOVE it! I may paint my entire one black though depending on how much sanding I have to do on the top.

I have been surfing CL looking for that PERFECT claw foot, pottery barn inspired table and alas… today… it came to me! I had told Troy that if I were going to rehash it I only wanted to spend $20 or so on it. Imagine that. My perfect table was $20 on craigslist. It is currently sitting in the back of the jeep waiting for the weekend, the sander and the spray paint to come its way!!! I will post pics as it moves along.

My soon to be table (a la Pottery Barn) only for a WHOLE lot less moolah!http://www.potterybarn.com/products/p1385/index.cfm?pkey=cround-tables

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