Old to New Again.....table redo

We bought this great table and chairs in 2004 when we moved into our first home in Florida.  The home had a wonderful sunny kitchen nook that it fit in so perfectly. The table and chairs survived 5 years of eating and playing without too much wear and tear.  Just some scratches and a couple nicks. 

This is a pic before I stripped it.  That is my little guy eyeing up some cake:)

This is after I stripped the table top down to bare wood.  My house now has darker woods and more of a country feel and I wanted to keep this table and decided to refinish it instead of buying another one.

The legs were already an off white.  I just went over them in the same color I was doing the chairs so they would match and then distressed them.

The seat covers were originally white....yeah not so good for  a family with children...LOL  I redid the covers with some cute fabric with stars on it back in 2007.  I ripped out the horrible very light cream colored carpet that was very worn and had stains that just kept coming back, even after being cleaned.  The tile has also been removed.

This is after it was stained a couple of times so I could get the deepness of the color I wanted.

This is the finished product!  I distressed the chairs and table legs.  I let my husband pic out the fabric for the chair seats.  He chose a leather like material so it would be easy to clean if something spills.  He has a poker table top and wants to have the guys over for card night so the material choice will be perfect;)  This room has been completely re-done and I have also refinished a hutch to match the table and chairs.  I will do a post on that soon.  I love how it has turned out.  What do you think?  


Thanks for for reading!  ~Angi


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Trash to treasure

I was driving with my husband to my in-laws house and along side the road I spotted this entertainment stand.  I was like "honey stop I gotta check this out", he of course was like "no way!".  So we got to my in-laws house and of course I mentioned the treasure along side the road and her and my father in law were like lets check it out.  LOL!  Well we ended up bringing it home:)  My honey was even surprised at how good of condition it was in.   

Sorry for all the Christmas decor on it.  I got this treasure and took pics before my bloggy days:)  So yes, this was in the trash on the side of the road!  Not a thing really wrong with it.  I just did some touch ups with one of those stain markers and washed it up and moved it into my den.  Well I knew I wanted to do something to give it a new look, but wasn't sure what.  So it stayed like this for two years and then we moved into our new house and then I decided what I wanted to do.  Here is the after picture:

I sanded and painted it a country white.  Then I sanded some more to give it a distressed look and wiped it with a dark walnut stain.  I didn't really want to keep the glass in the front so I spray painted it black and stapled it to the front.  The iron like star knobs I got for .99 cents each a a little store called Cape May Wicker in NJ.  I love that place!  I live in Florida now so I don't get to go but maybe once a year.  So what do you think of it?  I love it!  Its a new look for now:)

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Little table makeover

I have had this little green resin and glass top table for a few years.  Its basic and ugly.  It doesn't match my country theme or my black wicker at all so my hubby was like get rid of it.  I of course just knew I could do something with it:)  Mmmmm......but what????

Well I decided on music sheet paper!  I printed it out from The Graphics Fairy I L-O-V-E her!  She always has the neatest printables.  And people have requested graphics and she has found them!  I decided to paint the green resin black and I decoupaged the sheet music onto the glass.  Before I decoupage the top of the sheet music I experimented with a little stain to make it look "older".

This is what it looks like!  I decided to put it on my from porch with my rocker.  I just love the way it turned out.

 

 

I don't know why it looks like a different color in the pic....maybe its since I took it with my cellphone.

 

This is what the sheet music looked like when I printed it.  I did have to cut and print about 6 copies.  You can get your PDF from The Graphics Fairy.  I actually found her through Tip Junkie who by the way is having an awesome giveaway of a Silhouette SD!  Check her out also:)  Thanks for reading!  ~Angi

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