I've been dreaming do doing this project since I found this image online over a year ago:
I just had to find the time, the table and the motivation to get it all done. Oh and have a kid old enough to entertain herself a little while I worked on it on the days when she was here with me alone...that was a big one. So flash forward just over a year, I found a table that I liked the curves on the legs. It was listed on craigslist for get this, $20! Now IMO 20 bucks for a dining table is awesome even if it needs work (seeing how that was my plan anyway), I e-mailed them as fast as I could to see if it was still available, oh and I offered $15. She said yes and I arranged to pick it up that next night. The top was in rough shape but it was mostly just where the poly had been worn, no major damage, the bottom & the legs...omg, they were BAD, someone had tried to repaint them with a textured spray paint, without priming them at all. It was pealing, it was ugly.
I got right to work with my palm sander! With a little help from Addison
Next was primer time for the table base & legs, then 3 coats of paint.
After the legs had a few days for the paint to harden I started sanding on them again to do some distressing...eeek so scary after all the painting work!
then on went the stain:
Then once the stain dried I put 2 coats of poly on all the painted pieces. Then I put it all back together and fell in love!!!
And I kind of wish I would have got out my good camera instead of relying solely on the iPhone for all these pictures but you get the idea. I love it! Now I'm just waiting on finding chairs to refinish before make the swap out in my house for my current table and get rid of that!
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I just had to find the time, the table and the motivation to get it all done. Oh and have a kid old enough to entertain herself a little while I worked on it on the days when she was here with me alone...that was a big one. So flash forward just over a year, I found a table that I liked the curves on the legs. It was listed on craigslist for get this, $20! Now IMO 20 bucks for a dining table is awesome even if it needs work (seeing how that was my plan anyway), I e-mailed them as fast as I could to see if it was still available, oh and I offered $15. She said yes and I arranged to pick it up that next night. The top was in rough shape but it was mostly just where the poly had been worn, no major damage, the bottom & the legs...omg, they were BAD, someone had tried to repaint them with a textured spray paint, without priming them at all. It was pealing, it was ugly.
I got right to work with my palm sander! With a little help from Addison
Next was primer time for the table base & legs, then 3 coats of paint.
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| Used the same color as I used on my dresser I recently redid |
While I gave the paint a few days to cure I started on the staining and Polyurethane to the top of the table. I added a little bit of distressing that I caused by a screwdriver but nothing too drastic.
then on went the stain:
Then once the stain dried I put 2 coats of poly on all the painted pieces. Then I put it all back together and fell in love!!!
And I kind of wish I would have got out my good camera instead of relying solely on the iPhone for all these pictures but you get the idea. I love it! Now I'm just waiting on finding chairs to refinish before make the swap out in my house for my current table and get rid of that!
Linking up with Get Out Of My Head,
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