The idea for this project started with postings by Jeremy (Jeremy) and John (JohnnyR) when they posted their RIver/Lake projects involving epoxy pours. I was intrigued by the beauty of their projects and began to wonder what I could do. My original thought was to do something small, but when I began look around our house, the kitchen table drew my attention. The table, while nice, wasn't anything special...when we bought the house we asked that the table and chairs convey with the house since we didn't have anything large enough for the space. When I talked to my wife about the idea of building a river table for the dining area, she initially wasn't too excited. Her lack of enthusiasm was based on the fact that everything I showed her had a blue river; she likes blue but it doesn't go with our decor. She then asked if we could do something lighter, which led us to this project. Please note, I did not build an entire new table, I simply built a new top....the table base and chairs were repainted off-white.
The top is made from hard maple and is refinished with OSMO. The table base and chairs were sprayed (Earlex 5500) with 3 coats of Sherwin Williams primer and then topped with 4 coats of General Finishes White Waterborne Poly which we tinted off-white to match the kitchen island that I built a couple of years back. We are very pleased with the outcome of this project, it really brightens the room.
Here are some pics:
Old Table
Old Chairs
New River Table Top and refurbished base and chairs
The top is made from hard maple and is refinished with OSMO. The table base and chairs were sprayed (Earlex 5500) with 3 coats of Sherwin Williams primer and then topped with 4 coats of General Finishes White Waterborne Poly which we tinted off-white to match the kitchen island that I built a couple of years back. We are very pleased with the outcome of this project, it really brightens the room.
Here are some pics:
Old Table
Old Chairs
New River Table Top and refurbished base and chairs
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