productivity... i has it

It's been a busy weekend around the house. That's not to say I haven't had a fair number of minutes (hours) in front of the TV, but I've been working as well. The basement need a good cleaning after the bed making, and then it was on to the next project. I've been wanting to refinish the kitchen table since I moved in, so I finally started today.


The table started out blue, but there were several areas where colors were showing through, and the paint had a really funky texture that tended to stick to paper, etc. I don't know what sort of paint they had used, but it was pretty nasty. The photo above is one of the legs, you can see bits of the various colors after it had a couple scrapings.


After I pulled more of the paint off I saw that there were some flowers painted on the leg, along with the original red paint.
I also found some carving on the underside, the names Jane and Elmer and the date 1932. I'm guessing the table has been in the house since it was first built. Pretty cool.

I briefly thought about leaving the various layers of paint and putting a clear coat over the whole thing. That thought passed. I think the table is redwood, and it will look really nice stripped down completely. I am going to carefully sand around the carving, so that it remains.

Given how long it is taking, I don't think I'll be finished until about this time next week.

Stay tuned...