FIRST OFF:
I got this end table/magazine rack at our local thrift store for ten bucks! It was a horrible shiny orange mess. This picture doesn't do it justice. (And I could only find the picture of when we were sanding it...)
I didn't need an end table, but I couldn't pass this up! Turns out that one of my closest friends was in need of an end table... and her birthday was coming up!! This is what she got: