{"id":922,"date":"2019-10-03T22:45:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T03:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hymnsandhome.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2022-07-16T00:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T05:37:29","slug":"little-black-bench-a-makeover-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hymnsandhome.com\/2019\/10\/03\/little-black-bench-a-makeover-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Black Bench: A Makeover Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I am SO excited to finally get to share this with you all today! I can’t believe it finally happened! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, back in June, I bought this little cherry bench off Facebook Marketplace, or rather, my Father-in-Law picked it up for me and my in-laws ended up making it my birthday present (thank you both!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It sat in the garage for a long while, because…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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…once I got the layers of dust off it and my husband saw how pretty the wood was, he didn’t want to let me paint it! This was actually like a full-blown marital disagreement! I will admit that I wasn’t expecting it to be in such excellent shape, and I had no idea from the listing that it was solid cherry. Based on the photo and the price, I was expecting a rough old bench! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was actually experiencing some major “wood guilt” about painting it as well. However<\/em>, it was much too red for my taste and it completely clashed with our floors and everything around it! What good was that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My line of thinking is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something can be the nicest piece in the world, but if it doesn’t meet your needs and fit your tastes, it doesn’t do you much good! <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Now obviously I could have just painted it in spite of my husband’s protests and been done with it, but for the sake of marital harmony, and because I too was having doubts, I decided to sit on it (haha, get it?) for a while and be sure it’s what I wanted to do – and give hubby time to come around to the idea. And he did. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n\n

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Sidenote: The listing photo was very cleverly taken to hide the fact that the bench’s legs were completely crooked! It wasn’t mentioned in the description or anything. I had no idea that the bench was going to need repair until my Father-in-Law brought it to my house. (He was not aware that I didn’t already know about the legs being crooked.) Thankfully, my husband is handy and was able to pry the legs off and re-glue them all, but man was I annoyed! Please please please<\/em>, if you’re selling something online, don’t be deceptive like that! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mean, look at how crooked it was (please ignore the poor photo quality):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the bummer about FB Marketplace is that once the seller takes down the item, you can’t leave a seller review. The seller took the listing down as soon as the bench was taken, so I couldn’t leave any feedback! Ugh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Deep breath*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on…<\/em> \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My husband very kindly fixed the legs for me, and I gave it two coats of Fusion Mineral Paint in Coal Black<\/span><\/a>. Just like that, the bench was transformed, and I couldn’t be happier!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Amazing what a little paint can do, eh? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had originally considered painting the bench a charcoal gray, but when I saw Lauren at Bless’er House paint a darling vintage desk<\/span><\/a> with Fusion Mineral’s Coal Black<\/span><\/a>, I was sold! What she said about every room needing a “little black dress” is so true! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and if you’re wondering about those botanical prints on the wall, you can get them for free here on the blog<\/a><\/span>! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any fun FB Marketplace (or Craigslist, etc.) stories? I’d love to hear them! Drop me a comment below!<\/p>\n\n\n

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