Kitchen Table Make Over

We have had the same kitchen table for as long as we've been married! That's 18 years! Its a really good, solid table, with nothing wrong with it, I just needed a change. 18 years ago I loved Oak. Everything had to be Oak. Well now....I'm on a black kick. Everything has to be black now. So I thought I'd go ahead and try painting it.

This is what it looked like before.

Wish I would have taken a picture by itself before. But I never think of these things until I'm done! So I did manage to find this picture. Those are my two little goof balls a few years back. They got a science kit for Christmas, and they were being scientist. :) Oh and I apologize for the lack of clothing on my youngest, Macy. Haha!

So, as you can see, it is just a solid oak table. There's no finish or nothing on it. The chairs have seen better days. We started to feel springs on the seats when you'd sit down. They would of needed a lot of TLC, and I thought about reupholstering them, but I wanted the table to look nice for Thanksgiving, and I just ran out of time. So I decided to buy new chairs.

This is the end result.

Looks like a whole new table doesn't it? I am completely in love with it. I used the same paint that I used on the front door, because frankly, I have 4 gallons and I'd like to use it up!  The paint and color is Sherwin Williams Black Magic. I sanded the table really good first. I only put one coat on it, because I was really liking the worn look. You can kind of see a little bit of brown peeking through here and there. I also didn't put a clear coat on it because I didn't want a shiny look.

 Now that a few months have past, I can say that it has held up pretty good. There is one area of the table that has some scratches. I won't point any fingers, but we know who's the culprit is in our house. :) So I think I will add another coat.