Thursday, April 5, 2012

DIY is ALOHW!!!

I don't know whether I watch too much HGTV or lurk among the pages of Pinterest too much, but something caused me to think I could restain my kichen table set all by myself!  I have been wanting to change the color ever since we remodeled the kitchen.  The old "blonde" wood color just looked washed out against the walls.  Every time I'd think I had enough calendar space to work the project in, something would happen.  Well, knowing we'd be gone to Utah/Idaho the end of March, I figured two weeks before that would be perfect - I could get it done in 3 days and let it "cure" a few days and we'd get to enjoy the table before we left.  Wrong.

The table and chairs were out on the carport, my temporary workshop, for over a week.  Terry asked me if I was making a career out of the project!  I finally got it done and in the house just before we left.  So much for getting to enjoy my hard labor before leaving!  Here's the end result:







It's done, I'm glad, but DIY is A Lot Of Hard Work!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Laura--

It looks SOOOOOO amazing! Great job :)

Kim said...

It looks SO good though. You did a fantastic job. I need my cupboards re-done if you are interested.

Nervous Nellie said...

WOW! I think you can say it was worth all the work!

Sheri said...

Those all turned out great!