Before picture of our sturdy but beat up table. Nevermind the spilled eggs and stains on the rug (life with 4 kids!) Our weekend was full of sanding, staining, rearranging and redoing. Luckily throwing that rug out and getting a new one were included with our plans (thank goodness for IKEA — huge selection and at the best prices).
Sometimes the kids helped and sometimes they just wanted to watch all the action.
Sanding and 3 coats of stain for day 1. Then we moved the table into the garage until Monday so we could add one more coat of stain and then a clear coat polyurethane finish. In the meantime we used the patio furniture for all our meals:
While we were sanding and staining Joseph decided to refinish our front door at the same time. This is after we sanded it but hadn't put any clear coat finish on it yet. I don't have a great after picture but we didn't change any color just added richness and shine with the poly. After 10 years of weathering it really soaked up a new finish!
The completed table, back in the kitchen with a new rug. It now matches our chairs and looks so much better. The poor table had been pretty beat up from kids digging into it with utensils (anyone else have kids who dig at the table with a fork?! So lame!), drawing on it with sharpies, spilling very fine glitter and leaving steamy plates on it without a hot pad or place mat. I'm guessing it'll be due for another make-over in about 5 years again! I was super proud of my hubby for doing this on his own and saving us tons of money — very handy and a cool process to learn.
1 comment:
A- yay for new posts! I thought you were done blogging forever
B- way good job on table Joe
C- your kids are not the only ones to dig forks into kitchen tables!
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