A Dinning Room Table Created.

B. and I moved into a new apartment in August.

It was a tad bit different than our old apartment because with this one WE had to furnish it.

This was exciting.

I had a lot of goodies from where I had already lived in an unfurnished apartment my Sophomore and Junior year.

But there was one thing I nor B. had.

and that was a....

DINNING ROOM TABLE

I don't know about you but I think dinning room tables are a tad bit over priced.

I found NOTHING of good quality that I liked under $400.00

Which is CRAZY!

My mom called me one night telling me about this table she saw in a Pier one imports magazine.

she sent me a picture of it and I was in love. 

I had to make this MY dinning room table.

So... this is where the challenge began.

My mom, grandma and I all set out to looking in consignment shops for tables and chairs I could fix up.

my mammaw came across this beauty. for $25.00

I painted the legs and body with a white paint that I had used in a previous project that I will blog about at a later date.

And it turned into this =)

Already looking better!

We and by that I mean my mom found some chairs on Craigslist for $40.00

They were sturdy and unique and full of potential

I loved them.

So I sanded them and as directed by Lowe's hard wears painting center painted the chairs with a grey primer.

(you do this so you do not have to paint as many layers of red and let me tell you it worked!!! I know this because my parents bedroom is a beautiful red. But it took a BAZILLION coats of paint to get it just right)

Here they are after one coat! Looking pretty good I thought.

I ended up painting 2 coats just to be safe!

Grey primer $6.00

Red Paint $11.00

(both only a quart)

Another not so appealing thing about these chairs were........the seat cushions.

can you sayyyy U G L Y......

So off to hobby lobby B. and I went.

After about 45 minutes of deciding we choose this pretty fabric.

It is navy blue with flowers on it. super country looking... but I loved it!

$12.00

(and I even had enough to recover a foot stool too!)

Here is the final project next to the inspirational magazine set up!

I think it turned out pretty well! and ALL for UNDER $100.00

(take a look at how much it would have been out of this magazine!(around $570.00)

I think we did a pretty dang good job!!!! 

(sorry for the poor picture quality I am currently without a working camera and these were all taken on my phone.)