Our first dinner at this table ended up being
rather nice. We had been working all afternoon
getting ready for the first snow fall of the year.
Rolling up hoses, readying the walk ways for a fresh covering
of snow. I had also started a pot of chicken soup earlier and
in between tasks I would find my way back to check on
it. Sitting down to a nice warm bowl after a long day is always
great but for me it got even better when GG told me he found
his ring while cleaning his vehicle. It is not of great value but
for us it hurt deeply when it went missing. About the time
that I gave that ring to GG was when I bought this table at a
yard sale. I cleaned her up and painted her later that same
year, for use in a retail store for display. Now several years
have passed and she has come home just as beautiful as ever.
She was made with some nice solid ANTIQUE wood but I was
not the first to paint her. While stripping the old finish off the
top I created something new and beautiful. I'm going to keep
that process to myself but I will say it is finished with AS wax,
and no other sealers.
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I did use chalk paint on the table, top and bottom.
The bottom was done in white followed by a light turquoise.
Then clear waxed before dark waxing. Lots of distressing with sand paper throughout the process to get the different levels to show through.
And we are having our first snow day
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