Round Table Rehab
Once again, I was on the prowl. For nothing in-particular but I came across this round table that I just couldn’t live without on craigslist. Besides the fact it was not close to home, I had to come up with a good idea so that my husband would pick it up for me. Hmm, how am I gonna pull this one off. It so happened that my husband is an outdoors man and there was an archery competition that he had been talking about attending in a few weeks. Perfect…Garrick and his friend could pick up this table while they were in the neighborhood. So when Garrick politely asked for a kitchen pass for the weekend, I pounced! Of course you can go hunny, if you wouldn’t mind picking up a table for me (hehe). Once, I told him the location, he said…its still an hour away from where we are going. You say “tomato I say “tomato” its all the same, as I proceed to explain, its better to make one trip then turn around and make two, he agreed. Isn’t he the best!
Round Table Retrieval
My husbands best friend pulls in to pick him up for the weekend 3D shoot and his truck was already loaded down with gear, and by the time my husband added his bow case and all his manly stuff, where in the world was my table going to fit? As the two of them joked and gave me a hard time. They pulled out of the drive with the biggest grins from ear to ear. They were trying to get a rise out of me, but it wasn’t happening (at least not in-front of them). I smiled and waved good-bye as I mumbled under my breath, have a good time, but don’t come back unless you have my table. They ended up getting the table before they went to the archery shoot, and boy did I hear all about it when they returned. Were we the biggest losers pulling up to a competition with a bunch of men with a kitchen table in the back… Garrick said I can hear them now…bet he’s married, lol God love em there so precious.
The power of paint
Okay, so once again I forgot to take a picture of the before, but here is the during! Just imagine, its all dust, old, and a dreadful dark brown with scratches all on top. Now the top is completely sanded smooth and taped off for paint…spray paint my friends. Yep, that’s right, spray paint. There is magic power in a can of spray paint. Then I added some stain to the top and BAM dream come true. Now I just need chairs.
Chair Treasure Hunt
It took me a while to find the perfect chairs to go with my new round table. I wanted something old, not expensive, and I needed five that matched. So this is what I ended up with.
Did anyone get a flash back from the early 90’s with those colors? Sorry mom, I’m still not sure that I will ever have those colors in my paint pallet. Overall the chairs were in good shape. Once I removed the seat cushions and cleaned the chairs, and gave them a light sanding, they were ready for paint. Yes, spray paint to match the base of the table. I lightly sanded the chairs to distress them and sprayed on a polyurethane. Then I went to hobby lobby and picked out some fabric and transformed the chairs into something completely different.
Old To New Again
What do you think? If you find those hideous pieces of forgot treasures, don’t let them scare you way. With a little imagination or at least some paint, you too can turn those pieces into show stoppers.
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