This past weekend I finished project number two. My kitchen table. I'm in search of a small round wooden table for my kitchen, being that it's very small and sharp corners aren't very welcoming when trying to put a meal together. Regardless, I have to use what I already have at the moment so I decided to give it a face lift to make it at least match the decor direction that I'm going for, as I make over my entire kitchen. Yes I am still planning to move, eventually, but everything in my house needs a little makeover for it to sell. So this be she,
Just a simple cheap pine apartment sized kitchen table. I purchased this from Jysk when we bought our house because our beautiful maple pedestal table with matching hutch wasn't going to fit in the tiny kitchen.
So I began by taking off the cushions, which were just screwed in from underneath. Using a varnish remover, I scrapped off all the varnish from the table and the chairs.Then gave it a once over good sanding.
I wasn't sure if I was going to paint the chairs white or not but by the end I decided on staining it the same colour as the top of the table which was going to be a gel stain called Special Walnut. It's my favourite. Then using some left over white paint I had in the cupboard I went ahead and painted the legs and undercarriage of the table. I went with the country farmhouse chic look. After the paint was dry I went over it lightly with sandpaper to give it a worn look. Just a little on the edges, just enough for the wood underneath to poke through.
I haven't found a fabric that stands out to me yet otherwise I would have re-covered the cushions, so I'm just going to keep my eyes open for that and do it at another time. So overall I think the table turned out really nice and fits better with the kitchen.
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