I am in the process of making decisions about how to refinish and update the dining room table and chairs that came from my Pop-pop's house. I have some ideas of what I want to do, but it's still a work in progress. I added the middle leaf in and realized a few things today!
This was the end where my grandfather and grandmother sat. You can tell there is a lot more love in this end!
Before I moved it into the light, I don't think I fully realized how much pattern was in the top!
The ends are laminate on the top, but I think the middle is solid wood.
I started by gently sanding the top of one end, and then rubbed in some leftover stain I had on hand.
The end opposite of "Pop-pop's" end...hmmm....I'm wondering if any cousin out there will fess up to to these little messages scratched into the wood? I just know there is a story here!
The initials results are encouraging! I need to do some research to see just how much I can sand down to get through the scratches on the top. It needs more, but I wanted to be careful how much.
Shiny!
I do plan to do something with the chairs, but I had to memorialize this chair. This is where my Pop-pop sat for all these years, and you can clearly see the effect of his hands on the arms. I can picture him so clearly sitting at the head of the table where we shared so many meals. And pies. After each dinner there would be your choice of so many pies; he was not only a great cook but a great baker!
Pop-pop: I hope you will be happy with how I transform your table!
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