Dining Table is Done!

After another attempt at the dining table

it is finally done

If this table wasn't sturdy before

I think the bazillion layers of paint

on it now have made it solid

or at least 3 inches taller :)

It was so nice here on Saturday & Sunday

Like get out your shorts

because it's over 60 in MI in April

and we are crazy like that nice

So Scott helped me take the table out onto the front lawn

and I went to work

I wasn't sure what color I wanted on the top

the brown that I had originally done

got wrecked by the spray polyurethane

It bubbled and smudged and looked nasty

It may have something to do with me not waiting

the appropriate amount of time between coats...

I'm impatient - what can I say

This is what it looked like before I started

And here it is with the smudged brown top

So I decided to give it a second shot

this time around I was thinking lighter

to go with our new lighter dining room color

so I started with a layer of primer

and topped that with a layer of cream

Well the cream seemed too light

so I put a layer of gray on top of that

Then Scott suggested that it needed some

brown in it - just a little

So I attempted to dry brush on some brown

which went okay...but wasn't quite an even coat

so then I put on another layer of gray

(see what I mean about 3 inches of paint!)

in a dry brush technique as well

and finally glazed the top

and added 3 coats of brush on polyurethane

The legs are cream

heavily distressed and glazed

I love how old and rugged they look

To solve the problem of peeling veneer on the sides

Scott added some new trim to the bottom

I don't know why

but the color reminds me of driftwood

It's so not perfect

and I really love that it about it

I lightly distressed it

to give it a somewhat aged look

and to ensure that if my kids knick it

(or just bang their silverware on it repeatedly through dinner)

I don't have to worry about it

they are just adding character

I love how the lighter top

lightens up this space even more

And I almost have the chair situation figured out :).

Linking up to:

http://restoreinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/04/restored-it-wednesday-and-emealz-winner.html

http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/04/wall-in-master-change-and-wow-us.html

http://www.houseofhepworths.com/2011/04/13/hookin-up-with-hoh-44/