Happy Halloween & Kitchen Table

Mornin! Happy Halloween!

Yesterday was a busy day with Toast at school, running errands and a dentist appointment.  But Yay for me because I have no cavities!

Last week I told you about our kitchen chairs.  Well, I also re-did the kitchen table.  It had the same orangey top as the chairs and a blue bottom.  I never liked the color of the bottom so I finally just painted it.  You can see below, behind the chair, the old color blue on the leaf (which I didn't re-do until later) and also the old color of the top. I primed the bottom with Zinsser Bullseye 123 and painted with the same light aqua as our master bedroom at the time.  I like it much better than the old blue.

Finally in June of 2012, it was time to refinish the top. It had gotten quite scratched and dinged up.

I took the table outside and DS helped me sand the top.

He sanded and sanded...

And I sanded a bit too. ;-)  

Then it was time to stain it.  I used the old Minwax Early American.

Here's the table with half of it stained. 

 I put a really thick coat on to make it look darker.  I should've just put multiple thin coats because it was kinds sticky when I tried to wipe off the excess.  Here it is with the first coat.

It didn't turn out as dark as I wanted so I did a couple more thinner coats.

Here's the table still outside.

And here's the pretty after!

Have a great Halloween!  Don't eat too much candy! :-)