Dining Table Overhaul

It's finally complete!  Five hours of manual labor and a little extra elbow grease from my hubby, and our table is done.  This project turned out even better than I imagined and the whole thing, including the table, only cost me $125!  My head is spinning with ideas for new projects.  Check out what I did......

before and after....

After sanding the entire tabletop surface down to bare wood:

The legs were prepared with a spray primer and the surface of the table was distressed and re-stained.

I brush painted the legs with two complementary colors of green and then spray painted the final ivory color over the top.  Before allowing to dry completely, I used sandpaper to rough up edges, and remove areas of paint to allow the green to show through.  I also used a hand sander to distress the edges of the tabletop and allow some of the natural wood color to show through.  As a final step, I coated the newly stained tabletop with a coat of Polycrylic.



The newly completed table!  The only thing left to do is re-upholster the chair seats.