Re-finished Wooden High Chair
Here is an old wooden high chair that has had several years of abuse from several families. You can only imagine the shape this was in, but since it’s solid wood you can easily refinish it. Here it is when I received it. Now to fixing this little gem! This first thing I did was wipe down down the surface with denatured alcohol to get off any grease or residue. Then I sanded it with 220 sand paper to get it ready for stain. I applied 1 coat of Dura Seal penetrating floor stain in color Coffee Brown. This stain has a sealer built in so no need to seal it like normal stains. I also used...
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Have I ever told you that I love rustic furniture? Well Im crazy about it, and when I was given this antique round side table I got extremely excited! I pondered for months trying to decide what I was going to do with this piece. Then suddenly it came to me, I wanted to give this table a hand scraped look. Here is what the table looked like when I received it. I really like the white, but it’s just too much white and it looks boring, so I decided to keep the legs white and make the top a dark stain color. Now I’m faced with sanding or stripping the white paint off the top,...
Read MorePottery Barn Table Reborn
This table was originally from Pottery Barn. Refinishing this dining room table was fun, yet challenging to recreate. Big thanks to Clint and Amanda for letting us work for you! Photo credit: Pottery Barn The Homeowners were tired of the plain black top, so they called me to see what in the world they could do with it. The color red crossed their minds, but when I saw their decor and room color I immediately thought that red would be too loud. I suggested that they keep the bottom of the table black and turn the top back into the original wood color. I also suggested possibly a brown...
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