This Table is the Tops! Guest Party Highlight

This wonderful table looks like it walked off the pages of a magazine and I LUFF it.  I get giddy when something boring is turned into something great! That is exactly what Ali from Little Bits of Bliss did with her old dining room table.  It is just too beautiful for words!  Here is what Ali said about their project:

So, the table has actually been done for awhile, but with the busyness of March so far I hadn't even had time to take pictures of it--- but now she can finally have her debut-----

Isn't she a beauty fish...........

(if you don't know what I'm talking about go listen to Brian Regan- I love him he makes me laugh so hard :)

If you recall the before:

Lovely hunter green-hmmm--

I found some chairs finally off of Craigslist that I liked and was going to refinished since all of mine so far don't match and half of them I have to make sure and tell people not to sit on them cuz' they'll smash them to the ground--- awkward-- " I really mean the chair is weak not that your hefty or anything you know you look really good, have you lost weight recently?." 

But bad thing was the chairs included a table with it and they wouldn't split it up. So for the $60 price tag I figured whatever I'll figure something to do with the table--- 

After a visit to Knock off wood and falling in love with the farmhouse table that she made I figured we could just rip the old tile table top off of this one and replace it with wood planks- (Thank you so much Ana for the idea and plans)  Anyway a week or so later this is the conversation that ensued.

Me: Honey, I think I figured out what I'm going to do with that table---- I'm going to rip off the old tile table top and build more of a farmhouse table on the legs cuz' I really like the legs of it.

Dave: Uhhhh-- I think we should finish the fireplace.

"Ya but I'll do it by myself you don't even have to worry about it-- I'm gonna get me a pink hammer."

"What? your going to buy yourself a pink hammer?"

"No- This pink hammer---  see I'll be awesome sauce cuz' I did it all by myself and I'll link to this page-- cool huh"

"uhhh-- why does it matter if your hubby helped you or not? Where's the my freakin amazing hubby built this flame hammer? huh?"

"Ummm---whatever-- it'll be cool and I'll do it by myself"

"You know that  farmhouse table design looks like a picnic table to me"

"Whatever, I like it and it does not- it looks like a table that's been used and loved and had many cherished memories over-- I like it--- now can we please take the truck so you can help me get the wood."

"But that would mean that I was helping you and you weren't doing it all by yourself"

"Whatever that doesn't count-- you don't want your big pregnant wife to have to put all those boards in the truck by herself do you?"

"K, get the kids in the truck"

After getting the measurements and making the plan, going to the store and loading the wood and bringing it home I ended up on the couch so so so tired.

Dave: "Come on-- let me help you build that table"

Me: "Alright--  but I will get my pink hammer sometime ya know"

"uh- huh"

"I will"

"yep"

"You don't believe me? Do you honey?"

" No I believe you, but I think you know deep down having the amazing hubby flame hammer involved makes the process go a hecka lot faster huh."

"Ya your right-- I really like the amazing flame hammer hubby-- He looks very very sexy when he's using that hammer."

"Whatever you crazy girl"

See I told you it had some nice legs-- ugly green but nice

 The built but not "finished" table at to which when we were building it I said more than once

"Shoot! It does look like a picnic table"

But I still have hope--- It will look nice and I will like it when I finish it :)

See a little imagination-- It'll look similar to this pottery barn table :)

Can you see it?

Anyway I ended up finishing the table with some country white paint for the legs with a pecan glaze over top of it to strengthen the finish and add a little bit of distressing color to it. 

For the top I first did a whitewash of a yellow paint so the grain of the pine didn't stand out as much and than stained it pecan and than on top of the pecan stain and mostly around the edges I used a gel walnut stain- I also used the walnut stain very lightly around the legs, and than a few coats of satin poly on the top to make it a little shiny and protect the finish.

The Chairs-- I lightly sanded and than painted one coat of a dark brown/black (can't remember the name of it), than I used walnut stain over it-- it deepens the color but leaves a little bit of the undertone so it doesn't look so flat and gives it a harder finish- the chair tops I finished like the table top minus the whitewash.

I love her and all her imperfections-- and I don't worry about the kids hurting it- let the fork jabbing commence she needs more character :)-- sometime I want to build or find a bench for her so we have more seating-- what do you think should I use these plans and make the top of the bench match the table?? Either way it's gonna have to at least wait till after the baby is here-- I'm so in my third trimester and the tiredness has hit big time!

Here's the Cost breakdown:

Table and Chairs- $60

Wood for top and supports underneath- $30

Paint- I already had some left over in both colors--Brown and white-- but a quart at Wallyworld is around $8

Stain- already had it--- that's the good thing with many projects :) but to buy would have been around $12

So Total cost for me was $90 and some time-- not to shabby I don't think for a whole new kitchen set.

That is a great price!  

It is a beautiful table, and it will be a great place to gather as a family.   

I love everything Ali did!

Don't-cha all love it?