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June 23, 2014 · 8 Comments

Refinishing the Dining Room Table

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We’ve had our dining room table since we got married over 21 years ago.  It has been through serious abuse with 4 children’s crafts, school, meals, and well…life.  As you can see…it has been used for much more than just a place to eat.

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 Out of necessity, I have kept my table covered with a table cloth for quite some time.  It looked fine covered…but I really wanted to be able to uncover it and show its natural beauty hidden deep below many years of use!! :))  Since refinishing my steps, I knew I could refinish the table too. So I gave it a shot.

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First I (actually, one of my sons) sanded down the whole thing.  He did a great job…these teenage boys come in really handy!

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Next I put a wood conditioner on the table before I stained it.  Then I used the stain that I used on my staircase makeover.   I put several coats on to get the desired look.  Next, I sealed the table with a couple coats of poly urethane, danish oil and then several coats of furniture wax.

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After the top was done, I painted the bottom portion with a black enamel paint.  I also painted the benches and chairs black too.

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 TAA DAAA!!!!

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I love it…absolutely love it!  I can’t believe this is my table.  It looks so classy yet country at the same time…hmmm, “country chic?”  Maybe I’m on to something!?

***UPDATE…6/2014 – This post was originally published in August 2011.  My dining room table has held up beautifully over the past three years.  It still looks like a new table.  I think the furniture wax has made all the difference.

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  1. Carmody says

    June 25, 2014 at 9:25 AM

    What a fantastic transformation!

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  2. Gentle Joy says

    June 25, 2014 at 5:54 PM

    That is a very nice looking table…. I love such a table and benches…. you can fit more people around the table w/ benches…. and your whole set looks so wonderful. 🙂 Thank you for posting this!

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  3. Nancy Vander Vliet says

    August 23, 2014 at 9:25 PM

    I’m going to work on my dining room table now. Your effort has given me the push I needed. Thanks beautiful job. Nancy

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  4. Michelle says

    September 22, 2014 at 11:16 AM

    I loved your transformation so much that I just finished doing my set, which was very similar to yours….but possibly in much worse condition!
    Thank you so much for posting, and sharing the information. I love the way my table set turned out. Before it was embarrassing for people to see my kitchen set….now I am proud of it!! It didn’t cost much to do….just some time and effort!

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  5. tina garcia says

    September 30, 2014 at 10:21 AM

    How did you paint the black? Sprayer or brush

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  6. Tina says

    October 13, 2014 at 4:49 AM

    I love how your table turned out! Do you happen to remember what color/brand stain you used? My cabinets are almost the exact color and I would love to re-stain my table using your stain color. I’ve tried so many stains but none have matched well enough. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thank you!

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  7. Dana says

    March 8, 2018 at 9:08 AM

    I have the same table set in the middle of doing a makeover on it

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