DIY The Painted Dining Room Table Debacle

I receive got a piddling story for yous today. It's a story that began inwards Feb presently subsequently I began this blog. It's a story of our dining room table, in addition to a piddling chip more.

 It's a story close making the best of what yous have, fifty-fifty when what yous receive got is a really crappy table.


 Let's start at the beginning. When nosotros firstly bought our draw of piece of job solid 2 years ago, nosotros had a rattling pocket-size budget to render it. The budget was therefore pocket-size that subsequently purchasing 2 couches, the budget turned nonexistent.
We had never had a dining room earlier (having previously rented a teeny condo), in addition to although our novel ane was close the size of a pocket-size sandbox, I however wanted to decorate it. I turned to Craigslist to instruct a dining room table. I constitute an entire ready for $600. It looked similar this:


I loved it at first, but I speedily grew to loathe it.
Some people receive got truly pinned this ikon exhibit when I used it inwards previous posts, but every fourth dimension it's pinned, I cringe. I assure yous that the ikon exhibit does it WAY to a greater extent than jurist than it deserves. It was truly ugly inwards person. 
 The veneer began to pare off of the top, it scratched easily, it was HUGE, in addition to having to brand our guests inch or therefore this gigantic tabular array precisely didn't work.

So, subsequently close a yr of giving it dingy looks every day, I resold it on Craigslist. 
I've constitute that when yous purchase materials secondhand, yous never experience guilty or bad when yous realize the purchase was a mistake. You precisely resell it in addition to motion on.

My innovation at this signal was to honour a smaller circular tabular array somewhere locally in addition to and then honour chairs I loved online.
That innovation didn't operate out therefore well.

I constitute this for $30.  This is the ikon exhibit that was on Craigslist. That is NOT my garage. 
My garage is much grosser. 


From the ikon exhibit it looks all glossy in addition to inwards cracking condition. I knew I would last ikon it anyways, therefore for $30, it passed the test.

 Well, when Jesse brought it home, I close fainted. It was the most banged up, beaten upwardly slice of forest I had e'er seen. But, again, since it was $30, I figured I'd give it a go.

 Here's the tabular array top subsequently I spent HOURS patching it:


My firstly innovation was to stain it alongside a greyish forest stain, but the veneer was therefore damaged I had to pigment it instead. So, I painted it a beige-gray. I left it this means for 4 months.

 Be variety to me....I never planned on showing yous these pics, fearing that my table-adventure was a flop.

During these 4 months of my beige table, nosotros never had chairs. It was merely a fourth dimension where nosotros had other priorities than assembling our dining room. 
The cats were the exclusively ones who seemed to similar it. They perched on it all twenty-four hours in addition to looked out the drinking glass doors.


So, since in addition to then I've decided precisely to sell it. It's precisely non the correct table. But, earlier I sell it, I needed to figure out what color would expect meliorate inwards this space: a rustic, raw forest tabular array or a dark table. I'm however therefore torn, every bit both would in all likelihood operate well. So, I decided to pigment the $30 tabular array dark therefore that I could stare at it for awhile in addition to think how a dark tabular array looks inwards our house.

So, I spent a few evenings sitting on the flooring of my sleeping room ikon the tabular array black. You in all likelihood intend I'm crazy, (and I suppose I am) but I similar to pigment article of furniture correct hither piece I lookout adult man TV. This pic was taken piece it was drying...there were close 4 to a greater extent than dropcloths set downward piece I was truly painting.

 I truly debated on whether or non I fifty-fifty wanted to portion this project, because my dining room is however SO unfinished. 

 I brought inwards the component division desk chair for the pictures, precisely therefore that it didn't expect therefore empty. Here's the 'finished' table.




So, that's my dining room situation. I precisely idea I would portion because I'm certain a few of yous tin relate. :)



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