without further ado~

i have waited to post these pictures because i wanted to post the entire table completed.... chairs and all. HOWEVER~ this project has given me a run for my money. i have ran into SO MANY problems. i will never do another 'yellow' project. yellow is such a complex color. the first yellow i had turned out to be way too 'country yellow'. so i went brighter and ended up with golden rod {yikes}. my girlfriend Kara had the perfect color of mustard yellow in her kitchen so i called her and got her paint! it was a life saver! it was as perfect as i thought it would be. i added some black distressing and a top coat...... DONE!

it starts......

our $15 dining table {sans the three leaves}

FINALLY a mustard yellow i LOVE!

here is the distressing:

the chairs are still in the making but i just put the polyurethane coat on the table and was super antsy to post it. so the chairs will come later..... as soon as we decide exactly what it is we are doing with them. i have 4 different paint colors, 3 different chair styles , and 2 different fabrics... so the possibilities are endless at this point- it is just narrowing it down!

this table is fabulous~ it is over 13 feet long with all the leaves in it. we did some research on it and found out was made in 1952. it has so much character and finally- ej can sit at the table with us!!! instead of on nate's lap :) she hates sitting in her high chair when we are at the table. we had a very high, bistro style table that was tiny and just didn't work!