It's a pretty small round table (42" diameter), but with the leaf in, it measures closer to 5', and so that works for our kitchen.

It's nice enough oak with a claw foot pedestal, but the top was in real rough shape --

So I took the sander to it and got the top all sanded down to bare wood.
Painted the pedestal a nice satin black (along with the apron of the table)
Projected an image of a French Chocolate ad from Graphics Fairy on the tabletop.
(this is not my original idea - I am copying from a table I saw on another blog I read: Red Hen Home)
Painted this with black acrylic paint --
Distressed the lettering a bit with sandpaper, then gave it two coats of Antique Walnut stain. This is the first coat going on --
Second coat finished, and first of 6 coats of hand-rubbed Poly.
Put it back together and now it's in my kitchen!
Sigh. It looks so nice, it makes the kitchen look even worse! I think I need some black chairs to go around it - maybe an assortment of mis-matched chairs with matching fabric seats, all painted black.
5 comments:
Look at you go! The table looks fabulous!
Um, this is way awesome. WAY. You are too amazbo for words.
Niiiice!! You did this so well, you can keep going on the kitchen!! Go girl!!
I LOVE the table! You are so talented, Laurie.
Great job! love the table!!!!
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