{"id":6550,"date":"2015-08-20T17:02:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2015-08-20T17:07:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:07:35","slug":"kitchen-table-tale-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2015\/08\/kitchen-table-tale-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen table tale, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kitchen<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to needing rugs for 2 rooms, I also need a kitchen table & chairs, and another kitchen cabinet.\u00a0 (After measuring the space before I moved, I determined that my old table & chairs were simply too big for my new space; my buyers were really happy to have them so they stayed in Friendship.)<\/p>\n

So I’ve spent more hours online looking at options. Which do I choose first, the table & chairs or the cabinet? The prior owner had her table & chairs in the little nook in the kitchen. Not my choice. I want to eat in front of the lovely bay window. I’ll probably want to move the frig to that nook, but then the stove is far away. Move the stove to where the frig was? What to do with the rest of that nook? You see my dilemma, right?<\/p>\n

Anyway, after looking at what seemed like a million tables & chairs online on Saturday, Sunday & Monday, I figured out what I want & couldn’t find it new without spending over $1,000 for the table alone.\u00a0 I don’t think so!\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 So on Tuesday I got in my car & went to 2 thrift stores, a used furniture store, & Rehouse Rochester<\/a>.\u00a0 I was thrilled that I found not 1 but\u00a0 2 options, both affordable.\u00a0 I came home to think about it.\u00a0 I decided on the one at the thrift store, an old wooden pedestal table in very good structural condition.\u00a0 Called them on Wednesday & told them I did want the table, and got my daughter to go with me today to pick it up.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile on Wednesday I also went to the store & purchased paint, since I knew I wasn’t up for refinishing the table and it needed something.\u00a0 Well, I should have done some homework before buying the paint.\u00a0 The reality is that the paint I purchased, Rustoleum’s Ultra 2x paint & primer combined, would have been fine on an end table or something, but not on a kitchen table.\u00a0 Everything I read said I needed to do several steps to do this job right.<\/p>\n

I meant to take before pictures and process photos, but I’d already taken step 1 – sand everything to rough it up so the paint would adhere well – before I remembered.\u00a0 Here’s the table with its 2 leaves folded down.<\/p>\n

\"table<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a great, old pedestal, with a drawer I’d already taken out before the photo.\u00a0 With those leaves down it’s only about 21″ wide, so I can easily fit it in front of the window and eat comfortably.<\/p>\n

\"table<\/a><\/p>\n

With both of those 17″ leaves up it’s 55″ wide, and I’m sure could comfortably seat 6.\u00a0 With just 1 leaf up 4 could fit well.\u00a0 So lots of options!<\/p>\n

Ok, so step one was sand everything.\u00a0 Step 2 was prime it all.\u00a0 With an oil-based primer.\u00a0 Two coats.\u00a0 Four hours dry time between coats.<\/p>\n

I’d just gotten the bottom primed when the skies opened and the rain came down hard.\u00a0 Just like yesterday day when I learned that my gutters need a bit of attention, today I learned that my garage floor has a little stream when it rains.<\/p>\n

\"garage<\/a><\/p>\n

So I quickly moved the cardboard and the table out of the line of water.\u00a0 (Very glad I’d finished the legs!)\u00a0 After that I decided I didn’t really care if some paint drops fell on the garage floor.<\/p>\n

Aside: did I mention that the neighbor woman who painted my house in Friendship didn’t get a drop on her, or in the wrong spot?\u00a0 That is sooo<\/em> not me.\u00a0 I had plenty of paint on my hands and arms, and slopped some on the underside of the table, too.\u00a0 Since it’s oil based it’s not soap & water clean up.\u00a0 I hate putting mineral spirits or thinner on my skin, so tried Dawn (nope), Simple Green (nope), and then decided on a bit of olive oil.\u00a0 The paint didn’t just slough off or anything, but it came off ok, and I figured the oil was good for my skin.\u00a0 I did wash with soap & water when I was done, but I’m sure some of the oil got through before I did that.<\/p>\n

Today was coat 1 of primer.\u00a0 I didn’t take photos of that…pretty boring.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be coat 2 of primer, and if I get that done early enough in the morning, maybe I can get coat 1 of paint on.\u00a0 The legs will get at least 2 coats of paint, the top 3-4.\u00a0 Then at least 3 days to cure. Then a few coats of clear sealer.\u00a0 This is a 7-10 day process.\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n

At least none of the steps takes tons of time.\u00a0\u00a0 But these kinds of things, along with weeding, cleaning, hanging blinds on attic windows, and other essential tasks, are why I’m moving much more slowly than usual on the weaving front. And I still have to find chairs. I know I’ll buy probably 4 padded folding chairs, and at least 2, maybe 4 regular chairs. I can use 1 regular chair by my computer and wouldn’t mind 1 in the weaving studio. This is why I haven’t even begun to think about the needed table in the living room. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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