I love pinterest. Who doesn't, really? I stumbled across a few blogs on pinterest one day and have been on a DIY kick for a good while now. The first blog I found that I now follow religiously is Vintage Revivals. I could not be more in love with this girl! Her name is Mandi and she is LDS wouldn't you know : ) One of her more recent posts is about overcoming all of your excuses of why you can do your own DIY. My current project is kind of a challenge so it was exactly what I needed to hear.
Ever since Chase's cousin, Monica, gave us this super awesome, solid-wood, claw-foot table I have been dying to refinish it. I dont have a picture of the whole table but just imagine the whole thing this oak color. Kinda boring, huh? My idea for refinishing it was this: dark walnut on the tabletop and on the chair seats and the rest would be white. I love white! Its so clean and crisp. Love it.
Every time I thought about it I got nervous. Can I do this? What if it looks like road kill when I'm done? One day I finally decided to stop being such a chicken and dive in! I started with the chairs they were small, easy to handle. We already had a small cat and mouse sander which dont really do the best job. It takes a long time mostly. Before I started on the table top I upgraded to a Makita which I found at a pawn shop for $15 dollars! Score!! It is fabulous and sanding through the finish was a breeze. When I was finished staining and painting it ended up looking like this:
Uhhhhh gorgeous right?! I'm in love. I still have a couple things I would like to do to it but I was tired of not having a table and I wanted to be able to show it off when people came over. They would be all like "Oh em gee. I have to have one of those." And then I would be all like "Gurrrrlllll That is a Danielle Clark one-of-a-kind!"
My current project is a 20 dolla make me holla craigslist find! I am pretty dang excited about it. It is going to be our new media console. If you can look past the bad paint job you will see an awesome mid-centry modern looking piece.
I am using a paint stripper called citristrip to take off the purple paint. So now it looks something like this:
The drawers were a nice surprise. I like the detail the vertical black lines add. They give you something to look at.
I cant wait to finish it. I am not totally sure exactly what I want to do with it but I promise it is going to blow your socks off.
Danielle
The table looks fabulous. I saw the table "before" and so this is a real treat to see it finished. You did a great job. I look forward to seeing your media console.
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