Warm White and Natural Stain Oak Pedestal Dining table

I loved this solid oak pedestal table on sight. It has classic styling, solid with substance build and 2 leaves taking it from an unusual 48" round to a 6' long oval, perfect .

However the top had the usual finish damage, water marks and wear. Time to get out the heavy duty furniture stripper and remove that thick factory finish.

The weather was perfect to open the garage doors and using my orbital sander and 120 grit sand paper remove the remaining stain and smooth the top back to bare wood.

Above the right side is mid sanding progress and the left is the post stripper

As in most makeover there are repairs involved, this table had 2 broken plastic plugs that I had to drill carefully and remove then replace with wood dowels.

Here are the 2 leaves added and the sanding complete

For the table top the customer wanted to go with a natural look so I chose Homestead House's stain and finishing oil all in one in natural. This epic product stains, hydrates and seals all in one. I went with 4 coats letting dry a day between applications and lightly sanded between coats.

For the base, she chose Fusion Mineral Paint in Champlain, a pretty warm white. After carefully cutting on the underside edge I decided to paint it as well for a complete pedestal paint job on all sides.

The entire pedestal and table apron had 2 coats of Champlain applied

then the edges were minimally distressed for a farmhouse feel

Fusion Mineral Paint's espresso & ageing waxes were the final step in giving an even more authentic farmhouse look. Using both colors of dark wax are perfect together in layers .