How I updated an old table and chairs
Since we are planning on moving hopefully sooner rather than later, I decided not to go ahead and purchase a table until I know what our new abode will be. I acquired this old table from my parents and the chairs were my grandma’s old chairs, which had water damage on the legs from when her downstairs level flooded. So, both the table and chairs were not in tip top condition and since I am always looking for projects to do, I decided to find a way to update them. I decided to paint the legs and back of chairs and legs of the table a nice creamy white color and then give them a distressed look (which by the way makes the painting part e a s y).
Tools I used:
Sandpaper, medium grit
Behr paint sample in Swiss Coffee satin finish–I used 2.5 of them
Paint brushes
painter tape
The before:
I took this sandpaper….
….and went to town sanding the legs and back of the chairs and legs of the table
After all of that was done, I taped where I didn’t want paint to touch on the chairs
The first coat…..
After a second coat dried, I used the sandpaper to sand the edges to give a distressed look. It was actually easier than I thought.
The finished look of the chairs:
The finished look of the table legs:
The complete look
