Dining Table - Take Two!

I had previously written about finding this great table at a garage sale for FREE.... Yes. Absolutely stinkin free!  Nada, zip, nuttin! 

 

I actually had a table exactly like this about 15 years ago. So who knows, perhaps this is my old one. Regardless, lately I have found myself on the lookout for a pedestal table "just like the one I used to have"......

 

 

But wait, I'm getting a little ahead of myself.  That beauty you see above is NOT what I got for free.... No, here is what my freebie looked like.

 

 

and I don't feel as though these pictures do justice to just how utterly disgusting this table was!!!  Food caked on it, clay, play-do, paint, glitter glue, barbeque sauce (I'm guessing).... It was really, really in bad shape... No amount of cleaing and scrubbing was going to take it all off either, so I pulled out the stripper....

 

and the sander....

When I was finished, I used a Minwax stain to get a deeper, rich color on the top and painted the base in an off-white (homemade) chalk paint.  Finished the top with a few coats of polyacrylic sealer and waxed the base.... 

 

 

 

I'm ready to go shopping now for linens and tableware to make it pop!  And yes, I know I need more chairs and a nice rug, as well..... In time....

 

 

What do you think?

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