Dining table refurb!

Something thats not all that new but still makes me proud of myself for actually finishing a project. I'm more determined when its for someone else.

Any who, my sister popped over before her wedding and asked me to do this table up.

At first she wanted to keep the top natural, I suppose a French cottage style with distressed detail. I tried to get it to this point but found it near impossible to achieve as the table had mould spots and white patches not to mention some random paint on it. I sanded it back, tried bleaching them out but the spots just wouldn't budge. The legs were grubby with mould too but i found just lightly sanding them back made them look white again.

We finally decided that the best way to make the imperfections of the table seem perfect was to gently white wash the top. Gosh I had a grand old time doing that! I did actually.

In the end I had a victory over this beast and ended up with the table you see below. My sister and her husband were so happy with the result that they now use it as their dining table.

I also learnt a trick when distressing white paint for a high usage purpose such as this - Clear Water based varnish. Costs more than typical varnish but ends up nice and white, no yellow bits!