A friend moved to Europe and decided to sell me these amazing side tables. Got a KILLER deal... I'm talking like $5/table. They are so unique. I forgot to take a before picture before I stripped them, but they were in rough shape to say the least. They'd been painted at some point, white and tan, and the paint was in pretty bad shape... you could see brush strokes, it had been slapped on and was starting to peel off in quite a few places. I tried to even just clean them and it wasn't working out so well. So since the paint was already coming off, I figured it would be pretty easy to strip them. I was definitely hesitant b/c the last time I tried to strip something, it was horrendous, but this time it was a breeze! I used the more eco friendly citrus stripper and just left it on for a few hours and it scrapped off like a dream.
I wasn't sure what kind of wood was underneath so I asked a few of my friends, got a few different answers, but I think I landed on poplar. I'm no expert, but it seemed to match. I love the combo of white and medium-dark wood, so I thought I might repaint some of it white and stain the wood a little darker and thought that the contrast would really make the details of this table pop. I don't have a paint sprayer and so I thought better of the painting idea :) After all, I didn't want to do another half assed job. These tables deserved better. And then I didn't want to stain them... as I'm sure you know I'm a bit of a hippie and so I just wanted the wood to be what God created and enjoy it in all its naturalness. So I just put some antique oil on it and it looks great. I love them.
As I said, I forgot to take a before, but the first photo here is as close as its gonna get and you can't even really see it all that well... the wood needs to be sanded still and finished (and the middle shelf put back in!). The next two photos are the finished product...
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Those tables are so freakin' cool! Way jealous.
by Beth on March 29, 2011 8:43 AM. #
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