When we moved into our house 4 years ago we had a round secondhand table that was given to us a few years back. In an attempt to make it more our style I painted the legs of the table and chairs white, leaving the table top and seats of the chair a dark wood. I loved that table. Soon after we got started on our kitchen remodel one of the chairs broke and we realized that a rectangular table would be more fitting for our new "open" space.
Another chair broke (we were down to two), and we were getting ready to host a bunch of family and friends in our home for our baby girls first birthday party. So we took the round table out to the garage and brought in one of those 6ft card/party tables. Little did we know that table would stay in use as our dining room table for the next year and a half!!
We certainly didn't plan on using that table for as long as we did, but we knew that we wanted to build our own farmhouse style wooden table and for that we needed the right tools and time, something as parents of a toddler and soon to be baby boy that was hard to come by.
Long story short, we got the tools, found some time and finally have a new table!!!!
Here she is in all her glory :)
Long story short, we got the tools, found some time and finally have a new table!!!!
Here she is in all her glory :)
My husband followed these plans from Anawhite.com and revised them to make the table a little smaller so it would fit our space better.
He started by building the legs and frame.
He started by building the legs and frame.
The table top is my favorite part. Even though it's just pine, it turned out so beautiful. Here are some progress pictures of it before getting a nice dark coat of stain.
Once he finished the building portion, he sanded the table really good then he pulled a Chip Gaines and handed me the baton to stain and seal it. I started with a pre-stain wood conditioner and I cant tell you enough how important this step is to getting a nice, even coat of stain! You just brush it on and wait at least 15 minutes before starting your staining. For the color I used Minwax's "Provincial" and followed it up with 3, yes 3!, coats of satin polyurethane, sanding the table lightly in between coats. We had to let it dry for 72 hours before bringing it in the house and attaching the top to the base. It was a very long 3 days! We both kept going out to the garage to look at it and check on the dryness, hoping we could bring it inside.
Add a few sunflowers and "ta-da!". Heres a side by side of the space before and after.
This project was so much fun! Now who wants a table built so we can do it again?