Before: Provincial style china cabinet, Goodwill find. Bad wood, great hardware. Frenchy lines and flower garlands. After: Rockin' 4 coats of paint with cream and black houndstooth interior. Now: New life as family game storage. scrabble anyone??

I bought these benches ages and ages and ages ago at a yard sale in the Bay Area. I considered getting rid of them many times...so glad I didn't... they now have a new life as benches at the head and foot of my kitchen table.

Due to limited space in our apartment, we opt to to keep the “less often used” furniture out of sight (as much as possible). But when when families & friends are here for some fun poker game, to hang out, have some food, beer and whiskies, they demanded for an extra table or 2. Having limited...