Since I moved my desk from behind the sofa last week, I have had a naked sofa. It sits in the middle of the room all by itself. So I had the brilliant (insert sarcasm here) idea to get a table and refinish it. I have seen so many done on pintrest and blogs . . . I figured it was my turn. Now, I found one that I totally liked at the local Goodwill, but the tags were already taken . . . so I went with the second best one. It has Queen Anne legs and has some serious 1980's yellow oak going on . . . but I am going to fix that!! SURE!!
(It happens to be the coldest weather we have has so far in Georgia this year. That means that I am working in our uber messy garage, so please ignore the bikes and the car and the other stuff we keep out there!!)
So far, I have bought the stain gel and started stripping the varnish off. I used some goopy Citristip to start. It is sticky and smells like oranges but it worked!! I can now see the oak without the '80's.
Now, I am going to sand. I bought sand paper!! We will see how that goes!! Go with the grain, right??
Karen, the table is lovely ... classic shape, and the stripped wood is very pretty! Can't wait to see a picture of it in the living room all decorated! :)
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