5.19.2011

New Table...New Adventures

So after finishing my awesome bench...I thought my table needed a face lift so it wouldn't feel second class to my bench's awesome-ness.  Haha!  So I went straight to working on her.  At first I thought I would just sand down the top of her, but realized a second later that the top of my table was made of something fake...like particle board or something.  Really I don't know what it is, but it's not the real deal.  A friend of mine suggested just taking the top off and putting new wood down.  Yeah...hello! Great idea.  So I went out and bought 5 pine boards.  Sanded those babies down and gave her 3 coats of Dark Walnut stain.  



I forgot to take a good 'before' shot...so this is the best I could do. 



I gave the bottom legs a few coats of Heirloom White spray paint...




After 3 coats of Poly on top...I put her all together and she looks amazing!!
I am getting the knack for re-doing furniture. (I think).  And I am really enjoying the time spent on working on them.  It has made me start to contemplate the idea of continuing with it and turning it into a business? 
I have wrestled around with the idea for some time now.  But with the past year's struggles, I have put it off thinking I would think about it after everything was settled.  I have felt the spirit strongly manifest this "new adventure" to me...and I can't help feeling that this is the path I should take.  



We'll see what happens and I'll let you know too. 

For now, I am just drooling over my (semi-new) table!

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