Refinished Coffee Table

I realize that my blog looks pretty bland. I have no clue how to make it pretty but maybe once I know for sure I like this blogging thing, I can figure out how to make it prettier. I also barely have any blog postings but today I am going to try and knock out a bunch of projects I have done in the past couple of weeks :)

We have had this coffee table for about 5 years and over the years it has taken quite a beating! I think it's pine or something soft because when Aidan was a baby he would bang a remote or toy or whatever on top of it and sure enough, light colored wood would show through the stain. When we moved it was so ugly so I put it upstairs (I call the upstairs living room our wasteland) and it stayed there for over 2 years. Until now!!

I wanted to restain the top but it would have to match the bottom and that just sounds hard! So my husband thought I could paint it black so that's what I did. First I had to sand it down which made a huge mess in the garage. Then I wiped it down really well and just painted it. It took a couple coats. And then a couple coats of poly.

Yay for getting rid of this chest....it just didn't work...too tall and small for the space...

Now it looks like this...looks more cozy...much better I think :)