Grandma’s table

When my grandma moved, she gave me her old kitchen table. It looked like this- sans bench. It was sort of banged up, but overall in good condition! Since our current kitchen table totally didn’t go with the fresh colors of our new house, I decided I was going to refinish it and give it a new look.

Here is the old table…

 

Oy, this is awful- for real! We were definitely ready for a fresh new look.

I don’t know why I forgot to take a photo of the before but it was probably because the table was already in pieces from the move. First things first…. choosing a stain color.

Oh, and make sure if you ever use this stuff, make sure it’s in a well ventilated area or you will be high as a kite on fumes. I got dizzy with my garage door wide open- this stuff is super toxic and I can’t even believe it was necessary for them to write ‘ harmful if swallowed.’  OBVIOUSLY!!!!!! I sanded it with 220paper and got to work!!!!!

This is after one coat. Mind you, I did SEVEN. I’ll spare you the play by play.

 

This was pretty much the last coat and what the true color ended up being:

The chairs were NOT fun to do at all. It’s impossible to get the stain even between the spindles and they looked nasty before I went and detailed all of them.

Gross. I got some basic white paint at Lowes and repainted the legs and all. of. the. spokes. I never ever want to do that part again! I wanted a bench to go with our set so I ordered one at online and stained it to match… it came out a little darker but oh well.

  

Here it is… all done!!!!

 

 

So much better, I think! My little buddy approves :)