about time...

Refinishing furniture is not the business I would like to be in. It's fun and all but it takes forever and my thumb is still numb from the sander. I finally finished redoing my Granny's china cabinet, serving buffet, dining room table, and coffee table. 

I posted pics of my Granny's furniture a few months ago asking for any ideas on how to redo them. Kristen's sweet (and oh so cool and beautiful) sister-in-law offered to help and if I lived close by I would have used her for sure. She has a store called 4love in Dallas where they refinish vintage furniture. Anyways, when I posted the pics of the furniture a reader commented with a link to her friends blog who had just recently refinished a china cabinet. Her blog post is here and was very helpful to get me started. I downloaded this book and followed her directions. 

It was a lot of steps but everything was pretty easy to do and I love how everything turned out. The first thing we did was sand. Then we sprayed a kilzs on, let it dry and sprayed another coat. Then we sanded again. Then I painted two coats of Interesting Aqua by SW. (sanding in between coats) Then I took an electric sander and roughed up the edges. Then I put on a glaze. And the final step was sealing it with polyurethane. With the dining room table I didn't rough up the edges or put a glaze on, I just left it white. Powdered Snow was the paint color I used for coffee table and dining room table. I glazed the coffee table so it is a little more antique white. I still have to repaint the dining room chairs, but I'm hoping those won't take as long. And then there is still a dresser and two end tables! I might take a break for a few months before I get started on those:)

We are wiped out but almost have the house unpacked! Woo-hoo!