YAY!! Farmhouse Table Finished!
Our farmhouse table.
I bought this table and chairs at a thrift store across the street for around $100.00. As soon as I could, I started sanding… and sanding. After I finally sanded through all of the finish on the legs and sides of the table, Cole and I went to Lowe’s and bought 6- 2x6x10 ft untreated boards. I sanded those also. I took a some old nails/screws and “beat up” the boards. We scratched and hammered and nailed the boards to give them a little character. I then stained the boards with Minwax in Special Walnut (224). After a few coats of stain, Cole and I finally decided on a color we liked. Once dry, Cole helped me screw the boards to the top of the table with 3 inch wood screws. I painted the legs and sides of the table with Valspar flat interior paint in an antique white color. I also went over the legs with an oil-based glaze I mixed with a metallic brown. We finished the table with 2 coats of Wipe-On Polyurethane! I could not be happier with our new kitchen table.
All finished. I nailed little hooks on the back and hung those on nails and now it hangs in our kitchen!
Supplies for knife strip:
Old board (cut nails flush with the board using a dremel)
Magnetic strips (Although it has a sticky side, I used hot glue and a tiny nail on either end to keep the strips in place)
Level
Boards from an old house that I used to make a knife strip
my sesster and I before the ceremony!
(via bippityboppityboo)
“Water For Elephants” Wedding Inspiration
“It’s not necessarily trying to mock the look of the movie but rather how we imagined what the main characters, Jacob and Marlena played by Rob and Reese, and how their wedding would have been like.”
Ugh this is lovely.
(Source: greenweddingshoes.com, via white-dress-dreams)
(Source: bride2be)
this wedding dessert bar is so beautiful, my sweet and saucy did an excellent job. i especially love the cakes that are hanging in birdcages!
