Who would of thought that dark red could actually cut it as a really neat color for a table. Well, this was by last resort to save our 12 year old table. Our poor table is the centerpiece of our home, and gets lots of use everyday from eating, homework, craft projects, parties, visitors and meetings held at our house, etc. We had sanded and re stained it two years ago and it was looking well used again so, we had to do something. So, Matt stripped the old stain and clear coats off the table and resanded the table and accidentally sanded to the cork under the wood top. I was so sad because that was the end of the table...there was nothing we could do but paint it or buy a new one, which I was all for. Matt had mentioned that we should paint it the same color as our back splash in our kitchen. I said "why not" it was worth a try. Well, after tears of frustration over 4 days and 5 coats of paint and 3 coats of high gloss polyurethane here it is....it turned out looking very sleek and nice in our kitchen. Our hard work paid off!! I am feeling much better and now we are glad to have our table back after a week of nothing but a empty space in our kitchen.
We only painted the top and left the orginal wood color as the base.
This photo was taken after we refinished 2 years ago.
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Way to go! I'm always nervous when I start a painting project, but always happy with the results. My poor table is about ready for a face lift too, now just to decide on a color...
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