meant to be…

At the January Sweet Salvage sale, I spotted something “fabulous” as I was standing in the checkout line. It was something very similar to a thing I’ve been dreaming about for months now. I looked at the price, looked at all the stuff I already planned to purchase, and knew I could not have it all. I let the “fabulous thing” slip away.

(Hint #1 – the “fabulous thing” is in the photo above. I swiped this image from the Sweet Salvage blog. Can you guess what it is?)

For the rest of the month, I regretted not putting everything else I had in my hands down and getting the “fabulous thing” instead. But I held on to a glimmer of hope that “fabulous thing” would not be sold and would still be there when I returned for the February sale.

Kim and I walked into the door on the Friday morning of the February sale, and I headed straight for where it had been the last month. And…

IT was still there!

(Hint #2 – the “fabulous thing” is also in the February Sweet Salvage photo above – this image is also swiped from their blog. Do you spot it yet?)

I was so relieved! After being filled with regret all month long, it was still there, a sure sign that I was meant to have it! At least that’s the ‘sign’ I read.

(Hint #3 – I’ve been dreaming of this fabulous thing ever since I first learned that such a thing even existed. I had seen something very similar to it on the blog of the talented person I love to stalk. A year and a half ago, I read THIS post on Heather Bullard’s blog and have been coveting the item ever since.)

This is Heather Bullard’s amazing DYI Chicken Coop Coffee Table. The very thing I could not stop dreaming about.

This is my newly purchased Chicken Coop Coffee Table that finally I bought at Sweet Salvage. I know that it was meant just for me!

There is a spring-hinged door on the top of the coop. In the photo above, I’ve opened the door and then gently laid it back down, without closing it completely. In the photo below, the door is opened all the way.

How awesome are those claw feet?!? Just like chicken feet!

Mine isn’t anywhere near as fancy or ornate as Heather’s, but I love it all the same. I have it on the covered back patio for now, but who knows, it may soon find its way inside.

Many thanks to Kim for sharing her bounty of lovely fresh eggs with me!

They bring back happy memories of when we had our own Araucana chickens and colorful fresh eggs.