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Restyle a Basic Wooden Dining Table
Five Ideas

Sick of your plain wooden dining table? Before you consider shopping for a new one, think about how you can work with what you've got to make something new...

 
 

Click through the links for more information on each project:

  • 1 Yvonne (of the Yvestown Blog) and Bo stapled oilcloth over the top of their table.
  • 2 Customize a table with paint. For the how-to, click here.
  • 3 Change the legs. This funky red DIY project comes from Marie Claire Maison.
  • 4 Change the look of a wood table by pairing it with non-wooden chairs.
  • 5 The easiest way to makeover a dining table? Cover it in a tablecloth.


Photos: Yvestown licensed under Creative Commons, Darling Knees / Apartment Therapy February Jumpstart, Jerome Galland for Marie Claire Maison, Living Etc., Unison Porter Tablecloth

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Interestingly enough, that first table (the one with the oilcloth) is our dining table, except ours is stripped pine. My husband rescued it from a friend's garage over 25 years ago (and it was pretty old then). We love it, but it is too small for us now.

posted by mschatelaine on November 6th 2009 at 7:38am
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Where can i get those hot pink air chairs??

posted by LTangie on November 6th 2009 at 10:37am
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