A Means to an End; an End Table That Is…

As we started to use the basement we quickly realized we had a little dilemma; where do we put our beverages when we watch movies?  After a long week at work, I’m sure you’d agree this is a pretty big dilemma!

There’s two ways we found ourselves working around this.  Option 1; put your drink in the cup holders on the poker table.  It’s not a terribly far distance from the sectional, but it’s far enough you have to get up to get your drink.  Option 2; put your drink on the carpet.  The frieze we selected is fairly fluffy so depending on the drink, we may have some stability issues with this option.  Also, I have some clumsy tendencies, particularly with spilling things, so this seemed like I was tempting circumstances.  Based on this, we decided it was time for some end tables!

I knew I wanted something round, to balance out the square/rectangular edges we already have in our other furniture.  When we were shopping for our sub woofer, I wandered off and ended up in a small section of decorative items.  It included jars, end tables, trays, signs…basically all the little touches you would want to grab right on your way to the checkout line.  In this section, they had two silver, hammered drums.  I will admit I regret not having grabbed those two on the way out that night; they were adorable and would have been perfect!  But, we were working within our budget and timeline for basement purchases. 

Fast forward about 3 months and it was time to shop for end tables.  I did go back to try to find the silver drums, but they had all been sold out.  I did however; find a slightly smaller version with a more open body.  Unfortunately they only had one, but I knew this one was coming home with me!

I also ended up finding another round end table, with a silver textured top and rusted iron legs.  I know these don’t technically “match” but I actually like that.  

My basement efforts are coming to a close and I’ll be moving on to the next room, but I do want to share one final blog about this space and the journey it’s gone through from start to finish!  Tune in next week for details.