“New” Table

I found this project on Apartment Therapy last year and mentioned it to Brad. He was thoughtful enough to give me, as a Christmas gift, his labor on refinishing our table. We got this table maybe four years ago and I have been disappointed in it from the beginning. Anything you put on the table top made an instant mark that could not be removed. So it looked nasty from the start (imagine 20 or so water rings). For the past year I’ve had to just cover it up with a table cloth, which I was having to clean after almost every meal. Here’s the Before shot (which is actually after Brad sanded the table):

And several coats of primer and whiteboard paint later:

I was a little concerned about having a stark white table top. I thought it would be impossible to keep clean. But so far it is so much easier than having a tablecloth. Everything wipes off instantly. I’ll let you know how I feel about it when we have a little one that is eating solid food.

And the best part:

You can write on it with dry-erase markers! I have learned that OLD dry-erase markers don’t wipe off so cleanly. The trick for that is to color over the mark with WORKING dry-erase markers and then wipe that off. For some reason, the dry erase markers “activate” any other marks, making them erasable. Neato!

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