New table for screened porch

I've been looking for a little table to put in my back screened porch to hold my indoor plants during the summer.  Indoor plants need a little vacation outdoors during the summer to rejuvenate them.  My plants are rather small and tend to look cluttered when just sitting around on the porch.  I figured a table to corral them was in order.

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After last Christmas, I showed you how I painted a hutch in my kitchen.  It was the top part of a little china hutch/desk I had purchased second hand.  When I bought it, it was white and because it was during the 1990's I stripped it and painted it Hunter green (remember Hunter green?). 

After painting it black, I put it back in the kitchen.  Here it is holding my snowflake plates and snow globes. 

Here is the area I usually put my plants when they are on vacation.  A lonely corner of the porch.  Boring!

I had forgotten about the bottom of the china hutch I had stored in my garage.  I had forgotten about it because it was covered with all kinds of stuff.  When I was giving the garage a little once over (with a garbage bag in hand) I found the sorry little thing covered with cobwebs and Hunter green paint. 

I scrubbed the poor little thing off, sanded it smooth, and painted over the green with satin black paint.  I also rubbed on a coat of stain/poly to protect the wood. 

After a day of drying, I put it on the back porch to hold my plants (and a few extra thrift store containers to boot).

Serendipitously, I discovered that it made a fine place to hold a tray of food when we're eating on the back porch.  How fun!

Yup, I love getting a new look without spending any money.  I think I'll go snoop around the garage some more. 

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