Almost shabby chic coffee table

That was suppose to be my first shabby chic coffee table...but I wasn't brave enough to rub and sand away the top coat to show the wood and base coats.

This gorgeous vintage coffee table has its legs painted white but they aren't distressed at the corners by sanding. The table top is in my favourite warm walnut varnish. In order to achieve super shiny top coat it was covered in clear glossy varnish.

I love it with white flowerpots, vases, bowls, jugs etc. on its top.

And here is the table before the transformation:

Our coffee table

I love coffee tables. This one belongs to my favourites because of its simple form.


I gave it a new life within two days only - first sanding it all through, then coating with walnut varnish and a clear varnish at the end.

It doesn't have its place in the living room yet. There's still a sofa missing and the coffee table will definitely be situated beside it - on the left or on the right side of the sofa. I haven't decided yet where exactly. The table has one important feature - it has 4 wheels which make it movable.



Take a look on the table in its raw form. I don't know much about timber but I suspect it's a pine - it was very bright and very soft. The finishing paper grade 40 was too scratchy for it. I also discovered that to achieve that glossy look it's worth to polish the table between coats.

And now it's time for coffee. Fancy one with me? The table is ready...

It's all about... chairs!

There's a place for this white chair in my daughter's room. It's renovated and painted white. As you can see brown rings remained unpainted -I wanted to give the chair an old look.

Below: chair in its origin look.

Chairs

We desperately needed chairs. Greg found some beautiful piece of furniture on eBay. Unfortunately it was in mahogany, so we decided to change the colour into warmer walnut. That was my first experience with renovating such a big piece of timber!


That glossy look needed 5 coats of varnish.

Chairs in a daylight.

Upholstery - my first experience.

Compare: an old one on the left and a new one on the right.

Me during the work.

One more look.