After many trips to Home Depot, conversations with my sister-in-law (thanks Amy :) ), and days of hard work, my table project is finally completed!! I have officially sanded, painted, and applied finish to my kitchen table and two chairs. It is far from perfect, but I think I did a pretty good job for my first time...at least Luke seems to think so. I tried to capture each step throughout the table journey so enjoy the pictures!
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| The spray paint area on our balcony |
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| The sanded, old table/desk ready to be painted |
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| Coat #1 |
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| Coat #2 |
Notice the change in the spray paint area with the nicely spread plastic at the beginning to...well you'll see.
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| Me, after two coats |
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| YIKES!! |
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| Time to paint underneath |
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| This is after the 3rd or 4th coat...I can't quite remember |
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| And, me, dirty once again |
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Time for the chairs!
This is before sanding...look how terrible this one was |
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| Nicely sanded :) |
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| Chair #2 in need of sanding |
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| Both ready to be painted |
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One chair after two coats. I think I gave up
on pictures at this point and just wanted the
project to be DONE! :) |
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I know these are all really lovely pictures of me.
I just wanted to give you a taste of how dirty I became.
My forehead was so black and my hair had paint in it for days. |
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Luke eating at our table for the first time!!
So happy that we don't have to eat on the
couch or floor anymore. |
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I love you too, Luke! Even more
than the fact our kitchen table is finished. |
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We also just purchased some red cushions
for the seats that I will have to post soon. |
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Ok, please compare this to the nicely
spread plastic at the beginning. |
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| Evidence of all the hard work put into this project :) |
Well there is the picture journey for you. It was well worth the work, because now we have a beautiful table and chairs. Thank you to family and friends for encouraging me during the process. I love you all.
Go and accomplish a project of your own!
Happy Umbrellaz!
