Refinished Table and Chairs!..

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Success!.. okay so I just had to throw in the before shot before putting in the photos with the finished chairs...  only two are finished... but that'll do for the party this weekend and I'll finish the other two on Sunday/Monday/Tuesday... as long as they're done for Christmas Day!.. hehehe...

...the before shot... EW!.. but here they are now!..

The chairs got sanded and then primed with Kilz... then once that was dry I sanded the chairs by hand with some 200/320 grit... then wiped them down... tack ragged them... sprayed them this lovely cream... sanded them all again with 400 grit... I used 100 grit too to assist in the distressing... and then minwax furniture polished them...

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out!.. yey!.. all that hard work was worth it!.. and the laundry too... I have a full washer load of dusty clothes from working on these chairs this past weekend and week!..

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Productive Friday!..

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I had a super productive day today... Ooo.. And I just remembered that today was Friday!..   I had today off work and got a pile of work done at home... Furs worked today so when I woke up this morning I had a cuppa tea with my neib Amy... then after tidying the kitchen and vacuuming downstairs I got to work on finishing the kitchen table!.. 

Remember this kijiji find for $100!?.

Now the table looks like this!..  I stopped working on it mid afternoon... after I sprayed the base cream I gave it a few hours to dry well before distressing and waxing it...

The tables and stools are now both finished!.. and they look like they were meant to be together!.. The kitchen chairs are next on my project to do list!..

Mid afternoon my neib Amy and I walked her and B's doggies out to Sobey's and I picked up some baking supplies... Then we headed to Green Gate Garden Center to pick up some bulbs to force for the Christmas season...  I got 10 Narcissus Paper Whites... they were $1.49 a piece... and I had the perfect planter for them... and realized it after seeing this post at Life in the Fun Lane... the double lion head planter that I got from Pam's yardsale for $1 a few weeks back...

We also made a quick stop into ValueVils... and I found this silver holder that just happened to have the perfect sized glass bowl sitting in it... bowl and silver holder totaled $5!..  and turns out that 10 bulbs were too many for the lion head planter so 3 went into this...

I can't wait until these are blooming!..  Here are two above shots of the two planters filled with the Paper White bulbs...

I also snagged a wooden breakfast in bed tray for $4!...  score!.. plans for that are in the works!..

So... I planted the bulbs and headed back to the basement to sand and wax the kitchen table base... a few hours later I had it dragged upstairs and set up... the old kitchen table is currently sitting in the middle of the living room... gotta post that one on kijiji tomorrow!..  Then after some chatting with my neibs Amy and Brooke, and a quick shower, I baked some whoopies!.. from the book Whoopie Pies that I got on my birthday this past July... Buttercream icing to be made to complete these in the morning!.. 

Tomorrow I plan on working away at some baking... onion dill bread... and some sanding... those kitchen chairs... and maybe a little work on the second wing back chair that is almost complete... I have a pile of energy to get a pile of projects finished this weekend!.. 

What projects are you working on this weekend!?.


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Kitchen Table Refinishing Progress...

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Here's a shot of the kitchen table in progress... its been sanded down and the table top... as of this evening has been stained twice... I'm going to stain it once more tomorrow evening... I think it still needs to be a little darker... once its stained and clear coated I'll paint the skirting piece cream... distress it a bit... and then wax it... in this shot the skirting and pedestal and feet are so crisp white looking because they're just primed with Kilz right now... It just got a second coat... all thats left with the pedestal and feet is to be lightly sanded, sprayed cream, distressed and waxed...

You can see the chairs in the background... thats the colour that the table used to be...  its much warmer looking now... I'm going for the beachy cottage chic look here to match the stools I finished the other week... Hopefully I can finish at least two of these chairs this weekend...

...just thought to edit this post and drop in a shot of what the table used to look like...

Just seeing the difference of the before and after pictures myself right now this close together... hmm... I much rather the after!..

Here's a shot of the Kils and the stain that I've used... and below are the stools... I waxed the legs of the stools with Minwax Paste Finishing Wax... this evening I lightly sanded the once clear coated stool seats and then put on a second coat of clear... tomorrow evening after another light sand and a third coat of clear and they should be finished... then they just have to cure for a week and they'll be ready for everyday use... 

Luckily the clear coat has made the stain look a little darker... I love them!..

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