❈Sac Thrift Chick❈

In my marriage, we have a little rule that too often gets broken:  Laura should listen to her instincts; Aaron should heed Laura's instincts. The first night we painted, we broke the rule. To paint the furniture, we had to move the glass table top. Aaron laid it atop three patio cushions. I questioned whether that was really a good place for it to sit. I thought it might break, but Aaron insisted it was fine. I should have protested a little louder: The next day I found this: Oops.  Sometimes things go wrong.  But sometimes they go right, too.  The white paint is really transforming my weathered furniture.  Next step: The dreaded sanding of the futon. Like this? See the finished product here !

Lying on my patio couch with a good book and an Otter Pop is one of my favorite ways to spend a summer evening. My patio couch was a killer CL steal five years ago: $50 for the couch, two chairs and a glass-top coffee table -- and it was a gift. The cushion covers my not be my style, but the cushions themselves are oh-so-comfortable. Each year the set has become more and more weathered. This past summer, my husband thought standing on the arm of the couch to reach something up high was a good idea.  It was not. And since we are moving, I agreed to let go of my beloved couch (and one of the chairs) if I could find a replacement.  A used full-size patio couch is not easy to come by, and especially not for anywhere near what we paid for my entire set! After much CL disappointment, an idea occurred to me: A futon. I already had great cushions; I just needed a frame. The futon needed to be a queen, solid wood, and it needed to be super cheap. I browsed CL daily an