Upcycling project!

Hey everyone!

 

So upcycling isn't something I've done before, my style is usually contemporary, new and shiny but the new house has a country style kitchen so I wanted to find a kitchen table to compliment the style.

 

As money is a bit tight with the move, and 'shabby chic' farm house tables currently seeing for mega bucks, I took to trusty Facebook to see what I could find. Low and behold a kitchen table with 4 chairs for £50, I'll have it!

 

Ok so it smelled weird and felt awful (because of the sticky lacquer) when it arrived but I knew it would look exactly how I wanted it to in the end.

 

As you can see it was quite orangey and really did feel tacky, it was dirty too and just not very nice (I immediately had to put this vase with candles on it to make it less awful looking)!

 

 

We started off by sanding the top of the table. We did use an electric hand sander as it would have taken hours to sand it all by hand!

 

Here's the table half done.

 

The lacquer came off really easily though and left a lovely bare colour underneath. Here's what the table looked like once the top had been sanded.

 

We did have to sand each chair by hand which was pretty boring and tiring but here's the chairs once sanded.

 

 

We then painted the table legs and chairs using B&Q's 'Colours' wood paint in the colour Antique White.

 

We covered the top of the table in Ronseal varnish in the colour 'Almond Wood'. It left a really natural soft colour.

 

To finish the chairs off, I purchased these seat cushions from IKEA! They tie around the back and are really padded and comfortable. I think this just finishes off the look of the table and chairs completely!

 

 

I'm super happy with how the table and chairs have turned out. They definitely have the farm house/ country cottage feel I was going for a think we've achieved something that looks a lot more expensive than £50! I'd definitely upcycle furniture again so I'm now on the look out for a dresser.

Thank you for reading!

Doll xoxo