New table

Along with my sleep deprevation, I've been working on refinishing my living room coffee table.  I just couldn't take it's amber colored varnish anymore.

This is the before...well, I didn't take a real before...I thought of taking a picture after I had already wood puddy'd the whole thing.  I have it on plastic plates so that I wouldn't get anything on my carpet.

Then my mom and I took it outside and sanded the whole thing down and washed it with a warm wet rag to get the dust off.  This was boring and looked the same so I didn't take a picture.

Then we covered the whole thing in primer.  This was a several day process.  My mom stopped helping me after the sanding bit...she hates refinishing furniture.  If you need anything reupholstered though, she's your gal.

So I had to paint the top, let it dry for a day.  Paint the top, let it dry for a day.  Flip it over.  Paint the sides and the legs, let it dry for a day.  Paint the sides and the legs, let it dry for a day.  Flip it over.  You get the idea.  Basically, I kept flipping it and covering it with primer until it was white.

Then the color began.  I toyed around with a few different ideas, but when I found a gallon of a navy blue on sale for $5, I decided navy blue would be the primary color.  The sample almost looked black, but I'm glad it turned up lighter than that.

Here's the finished product:

It was still kind of wet here, that's why it looks two-toned.  I kept the sides white (painted over the primer with an acrylic paint), then did the legs and top in the navy.  Detailing the sides took a few hours because painters tape is a crap shoot on projects like this.

Now all I have to do is apply furniture wax, as per several "professional" refinishers.  They state that the wax yields a better end result than the varnishes and such.  It took a long time...weeks...but I think the end product was worth it.

I'm so freaking proud of myself!  It looks great!