I wanted to give you guys a bit more information on the kitchen table sneak-peak I gave you last week in this post.
The plan is to take this dirty, dusty pile of a hot mess:
Into something that looks a little like this:
Or this:
In actuality, it will likely end up in a combination of those two examples. Basically, we’re wanting a large farmhouse table for the eating area in the kitchen. Hubs is going to build it so the design is ultimately up to him.
This is going to be a big piece of the kitchen’s mini-makeover, so I’m super excited to see it come together.
For one thing, it will give a home to that 100+ year-old-church pew that the pile of to-be-used wood is leaning on. And it will give us a lot more seating. And it will just be super awesome.
In Melissa-speak, this table will rock my socks off.
Our first step is getting some stripper and giving it a good run down to get all the old layers of varnish of. Any advice for this step?
Any projects you’re itching to get started on because you’re simply unwilling and unable to wait much longer for the finished product?
After you strip the varnish, use a good cleaner to remove all left over reidue to get a nice surface to re-stain. Also..if you use a filler for nail holes, only put it in the hole (not on the wood around it) because the filler doesn’t absorb the stain very well. All this is from John!
Sounds good! Thanks!