I was picking up an armoire for a charity project I'm working on and the owner of the home offered me this Ballard Designs kitchen table for $100. After looking up on their website how much it cost originally I was shocked... a pair of the chairs alone are $499 each.
The top was a little very rough. There were a lot of dents and marks from wear and tear over the years.
I whipped out the fabulous Elmer's Wood Filler (the best one I've used). It dried in 45 minutes for shallow areas. I filled the edges around the table and the marks in the center of the table. It didn't come out as smoothly as I hoped the first time. Or the second time. The third time worked a bit better.
Here is the finished product after bringing a chair to Home Depot and having them color match the paint. Yes, I did wheel around a shopping cart with one of those chairs. :)
The chairs were pretty beat up orginally so I recoated all of them and then did some slight distressing to make them look closer to what they looked like when they were bought new.
Check out my Craigslist post for this item if you are interested in purchasing it!
In case you didn't see my makeover yesterday then check out this dresser I'm selling too.
What a beautiful table set! What a deal! Megan
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job. Most of what Ballard sells is MDF -- hardly making it worth the price at all.
ReplyDeleteJen these are absolutely beautiful!! If I lived near you (which I totally wish I did) I'd purchase that set on craigslist in a second. literally. gorg.
ReplyDeletewhy would you ask so much for somthing that you got for less than a fraction? Nothing you did (time/paint/wood putty) is worth that. You would never pay that much so why would you want some one else too? Just asking?
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! Brittany, I wish you did live near here!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, good question... how do I set a price. Well, I look at what it is currently selling for and what I can make off of it for being in good condition. I look at it as a business and if I can set it at a price someone will buy it at, and be happy with it at that price, then it is worth it. The lady who I bought it from thought it was worth it to pay around $1600 for the set. Then I look at what my costs are for the table: custom paint, wood putty and sandpaper, and factor that into the price. Then I factor in my time: an hour to pick it up and unload it; an hour roundtrip to pick out the custom paint; maybe 4-5 hours for painting, sanding, filling in holes. So, a total of let's say 6 hours. Then I set the price high. I knew there was a chance no one would buy it at $500, but I also knew someone who loves Ballard Designs may think it was a steal and think $500 was worth it. But I also knew that on Craigslist people majorly negotiate so I set it higher knowing that. We were surprised by a very high dental bill the other day that our insurance didn't cover... another reason that I am trying to sell it for as much as I can... Does that answer your question? :)
It does answer my question thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteI think that you can set the price for what the market upholds. Isn't that part of why people buy instead of doing what we do? Because they either don't want to do it or they don't know how? Hence ... they buy. You go girl. You did a great job.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Bj