Need some console chic...

When we moved into our new casa, we treated ourselves to a new flat screen.  Yes, I am just now venturing into the realm of flat screens... The TV in our last house was super old and super big, but luckily it fit into the fabulous built-in entertainment cabinet.  Don't have that luxury in the new place.  This is what we have now...

Yuck!  While I don't mind the table so much, the cords and chaos are driving me NUTS!  Thus began the search for the perfect media console...

The ones I was finding at local electronics and furniture stores just weren't doing it for me.  They are either waayy to low, far out of the budget, or just plain boring.  Why not take my new found interest in upcycling and put my own flavor into our media console??  So that is how project #2 came about!  Now a different search began...finding the perfect piece to work some magic...off to the trusty Craigslist for this venture...

Craigslist did not prove very successful in the search (think that was more my impatience if anything).  I had heard about a cute antique mall called Fuffiz.  Hmm...needed a truck for sure...was going to need Fire Jack.  After bribing Fire Jack with sodapalooza and dinner, got the truck and a ride to Arlington.  Yippee!

After a looong traffic ride, we finally made it.  Super cute place.  Loved browsing all the goodies.  While perusing the Lona Grace booth, I heard Fire Jack's voice from the back of the store, "Found it!"  What?  Fire Jack found the needle in the console haystack??  I hurried my little feet to the far back booth... sure enough, there it was... French provincial in all its needing-just-a-little-love beauty...

Love, love, love and had to have it...Good eye Fire Jack!  To my excitement, the booth was having a sale that day.  Really?? Sweet!  Load it up!  We had the bones of our new media console and came in well under our budget.

Project #2 here I come!  Wish me luck...this is going to be a tad more work than the storage organizer...