Lovelier Life Lately
/Happy Wednesday Lovelies!
Today, I am sharing Life Lately - as in this past week :)
I have been working up a storm & trying to spend the least amount of $$$ on trying to do our living room & dinning room - as you notice I said do not 're-do' because we have never 'done' our home hehe :) It takes SO long to fill a home and we are slowly getting there! The Lord just keeps blessing us and keeps giving us more than enough so that we can slowly fill out home.
This past week we have my parents over one night then Ceej's family over another night - and it was so nice to finally invite people over to sit at a TABLE! :) It has been our island forever when having people over, so it was such a blessing just to eat together at a table :)
Below I am sharing some of my DIY of refinishing my table - then when completely finished I will share photos from our living room & dinning room - if you follow me on snapchat (lovelierbymal) then you will find lots of behind the scenes :)
This table was a gem & I found it thrifting on Facebook's Marketplace. I actually bought it from a girl I used to cheer with! And guess what... it seats 10 with both leaves in and it was only $70!!!! We were SO excited - then we purchased our chairs on Wayfair. So all I had to do was buy some paint and then the table became 'ours.'
I used the whitewashing tecnique on our table & I LOVE it. I understand that this is not everyone's taste - but for me, it is totally worth it for $70! :)
Check out my DIY below :)
Needs:
1. Flat White Latex Paint with mason jar
2. A Brush - I use this one
3. A damp washcloth
4. A wax sealer
5. Sandpaper or a professional sander
6. Water
Directions:
1. Sand entire table
2. Mix 2 parts water 1 part paint in mason jar
3. Take paint brush and slightly tap it so that it is semi dry
4. Follow the wood grain and paint the wood - a handful of strokes at a time
5. Then very quickly after you paint a few swipes wipe off the paint gently with your damp cloth
6. Continue this process across the entire piece of furniture
7. Follow up with more coats of paint & wipe offs until you get your desired affect
8. Use sandpaper to distress areas that need it after paint has dried
9. Seal with clear wax
10. Let wax dry at least 24 hours
11. Once completely dry move into your desired space & use! :)
Check out some not so great pictures (hehe) below for an idea!
