It seems I am not a great blogger. I planned to give a lot of updates on the progress of this project, but I kept jumping between multiple different things. One of those things is I proposed to my girlfriend! She said yes of course because I am awesome, but that is besides the point. Anyways, after all of the work that went into making the ring, and getting sidetracked with another round of cutting boards, I was finally able to get this project finished! It was a fun project because I wasn't necessarily concerned with all of the little details that tend to bog me down while crafting a piece. Its the attention to details that really make pieces good or great.
For this table, I wanted to make something that was bright and rustic. That is kind of an oxymoron, but I believe it was pulled off in this project. The first step was to make the table top. I went with standard two by construction lumber, but instead of using the same width material, I wanted to create some interest by using 2x6 and 2x4 material. I already had a grey stain that I used on two previous projects (Coffee Table, Outdoor Bench) that was prefect for this project. Once it was stained, I went ahead and applied a few coats of Polyurethane.
Here is the top with the stain applied, but without a poly topcoat.
Once the top was done, it was time to wait for a nice day that wasn't too hot or raining. The metal frame of the table was in good shape, but there was some areas of rust and old paint chipping off. I went all it with a wire wheel attached to my drill to get a lot of the loose paint/debris off. Once that was done, I used the grinder to get most of the rust and paint off. This was pretty nasty work as I was covered in dust and dirt!
Then came the fun part of priming and painting the legs. I put on two good coats of white primer, then I sprayed Rustoleum Sea Breeze aqua color. It turned out even brighter than we were anticipating, but it was exactly what we were looking for! We wanted a color that could brighten up our kind of drab back yard. We like it so much that we are thinking of painting the legs of the coffee table the same color to have matching tables.
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We are not using the chairs that came with the table, so these are what we had on hand.
