DIY Furniture Makeovers are a lot easier to do than what you may think. This farmhouse table makeover transform our old kitchen table into a beautiful and new focal point for our dining room. We love it!
I bought this table almost two years ago from a young couple for $25.00. The top of the table has never been in great shape but I didn’t mind since it was meant to be abused by countless amounts of spills, craft paint, hot glue and many other things.
Now it’s time to let the table retire from her previous duties and be a little pampered and even honor her for been the foundation of so many great dinners and moments. The first thing I did was sand the table PERFECTLY down. It looked like a completely different table already!
After this part was done it was time to apply the vinyl stencil that I had previously designed and cut.
You will need a large vinyl machine to do something like this, or order a stencil.
Then I was ready to stain the design. I used an antiquing dark glaze by Valspar. My advice if you are thinking to do something like this is to use small amounts of paint at a time. Paint or a thick glaze is better that regular stain {too “liquidly”} for this part of the process. I know you know BUT DO NOT BRUSH THE PAINT side to side or up and down. When you are working with STENCILS ALWAYS tap your paint with a flat brush.
Then it was time to let it dry… Perfect for me and Mimi to take a HOT CHOCOLATE break while Papi and the other little savages
were playing basketball at the Church.
Then we were ready to stain the table. I always like to test my stains in a piece of similar wood before I apply it on the final surface… Check out my fancy gear 😉
At this point I ended with this…
…and after the final clear glaze with this.
From ordinary to EXTRAordinary!
And now I better say good bye because we are ready for dinner 😉
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How amazing! Looks so great and very personal! I love it!
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Wow!What a transformation! You did a great job. It is an inspiration. Beautiful blog you got here.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
Wow, you really were inspired. That table is absolutely gorgeous! Love what your stencil says. You would pay a bundle for something like that in a store. Would love to try something like it someday! Popped over from Martys TTT.
Your table looks great! I wish I had the patience and skill to do something like that…thanks for sharing!
Stunning! Just stunning! ! I would love it if you would link up to my Tuesday Confessional link party going on now: http://www.craftyconfessions.com/2011/06/tuesday-confessional-link-party.html
~Macy from Confessions of a SAHM
oh my what an amazing table, my questions is? did you purchased the stencil from somewhere? if you created what kind of machine did you use to create such a huge template?
Do not forget to add our linking it this party here http://www.passionatelyartistic.com/2011/06/beautiful-furniture-redo-pop-up-cards.html
Maggie
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That table is stunning, and I love the tutorial on the vinyl stencils! Thanks for the great ideas:)
WOW!!! just wow!! This turned out beautiful!!! Great job!
Stopping in from Ucreate …
Pure delicious awesomeness. I can't get over how much I LOVE this table! So flippin' awesome. Gorg.
Beautiful! Amazing job!