Our little breakfast nook has been through quite a few changes. We had our original kitchen table there for a while with four matching chairs, but it was to big. Then I moved a little leaf table there. One of the leaves was broken though and try as I might, I could not get the thing to stay up. Plus it had a few issues that I couldn't fix since it was on loan.
I had pretty much given up when this
beauty piece of junk found it's way into my garage.
I have actually had my eye on it for a while. My sister's boyfriend had it sitting on his back porch for and used it as an outdoor table. It had LOTS of wear and tear, but I really liked the shape of it (it had sexy legs, well leg).
I decided to fix it up since it wouldn't really cost me anything to try. Then I made Brian promise no backsies after he sees how fantastic it is and I got started.
I sanded and scrubbed and sanded and scrubbed and... you get the idea. Then I cleaned the whole thing with bleach and approximately five rolls of paper towels.
I removed the base and spray painted it with a semi-metallic spray paint we had on hand. I think the color was oil rubbed bronze. I used it because I already had it, but I actually really like the sheen in gave it.
I stained the top with a leftover gel stain; the wood still wasn't in great shape so it didn't take the stain evenly. I actually really liked that though it gave it a more weathered look.
I originally considered doing something like this with it.
It's so bright and cheerful, but we have a lot of colors going on elsewhere so I kept it basic.
The table really fits the area well and it was FREE! Who doesn't love that?
