Table Makeover

I FINALLY re-did my kitchen table. I've been thinking about painting it for years. It's a great little kitchen table, fits perfectly in my tiny kitchen, but it was looking pretty hammered. The thing is, I know nothing about re-finishing furniture. Nothing. Thankfully, Home Depot's motto is, "you can do, we can help." And help they did. I went in, told the guy what I wanted to do and he gave me step by step instructions. Thanks guy at the paint counter!

Here is the before:



The during:


I sanded, primed, gave it two coats of black paint (two of the chairs I painted the same green as my front room just to mix it up), distressed it (by hand-total pain in the A), stained it (to add some more dimension) and gave it three good coats of polyurethane. And in between each step, let it dry completely.

I sort of loved not having a kitchen table. I was surprised how open my house felt! And Ben loved playing indoor Hamper Basketball in the kitchen court.


Here's the after:



Nothing super fancy, but better than before. And the best of all was when John, who is very vocal about hating painted furniture, said it looks like it came straight from John Paris. From him, that's a compliment!

Next up: the tv stand downstairs.