New kitchen table

We've had this table since we got married.  It's been an amazing table, but alas, it was time to move one and get something a little bigger...

We found a table on KSL for just over $100.  It was a solid wood table with 4 chairs and a bench.  The stain was rubbing off and in some places, it was completely gone.  Some of the chairs were wobbly, but we didn't mind any of that.  Our goal was to sand it and put a new stain on it. 

I'm such a ditz and completely forgot to take a picture of the table, but here are the chairs that came with it.

We sold the chairs, but kept the bench.  We found 4 new chairs at the Overstock warehouse in West Valley and thought they would look a lot better:

They were a lot more simple and had the clean, straight lines I was going for.  I really liked them, but we knew we were going to sand them down too.  Dark brown was not the color we were going for.

Well, my husband got to work on the awesome table top & bench.  He started sanding and sanding and sanding!

Here you can see the original base of the table...too ornate and just not my style

Originally we bought a stain at Sherwin Williams that looked like it would be great.  We were going for the beach wood/drift wood look.  Needless to say, I almost cried when we stained the bench and it looked peach!  Gratefully we had only done the bench and could sand it off, so we did!

My husband, being the smart man he is jumped in the car and drove to the nearest hardware store.  He talked to the guys there and came home with a tiny thing of dark grey paint.  I was confused at first, but when he started working, I was so happy with what it looked like.  Essentially, we "white washed" the table, but instead of using white paint, we did grey.  All we had to do was add a little grey paint to some water and brush it on.  We'd let it sit for about 10 minutes, then wipe off the excess.  It was a long process, but I absolutely love how it turned out!!!

Then, he is even more amazing and made new bases for the table and the bench!  We liked the "x" farm table look.  He found a couple sites and figured it out on his own.  It was NOT easy, but we eventually got it to look the way we want and I couldn't be happier!  It's not the same table at all!!!!

aren't they awesome??

the finished product!  Love how it turned out!

Well, we still had those dark brown chairs.  My husband rented a paint sprayer for some other projects he was working on and sprayed the chairs at the same time.  Then, my awesome mother-in-law has a lot of talented friends and so we had cushions made!

Again, absolutely LOVE how everything turned out.  It adds so much light into our kitchen, the table, chairs & bench are just what we wanted!  I'm loving the colors and the table.  It's definitely bigger than the last table, but that's good considering our family is growing!

Happy crafting!