Refinishing a Vintage Drop Leaf Dining Table
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
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That picture with the cat and the finished table is postcard perfect!
She loves to be included!
This table is a genuine Duncan Fife style. The 60s is the right time frame. I grew up in a house full of Duncan Fife in the early 60s.
40s and 50s as well. My grandmother had that style dining table in the 40s.
A little info to go along with your comment: Duncan Phyfe stopped making furniture in 1897.
9:01 Wow!!! What an amazing makeover! Your table is absolutely beautiful!! I love your stain choice! I have this exact table that I inherited when I got married (white stains, deep scratches and all!) and I had never seen one before. I had tried everything shy of a complete makeover to cover the stains and fill the scratches and nothing seemed to help. Like you, I keep it covered with a tablecloth (which I love using too). How truly beautiful this table can be again. You have inspired me to bring my table back to its once beautiful self!!! Thank you!!! Thank you to all those who commented previously about the history of this table. I had no idea what we had!!!
Thank you! I’m so glad you were inspired to work on yours! Good luck with it!
Great job! Nicely done.
Thank you!
Looks amazing 👏 I never thought of using Googone on metal. Thanks for sharing! ❣️
Awesome redo; like how the table legs coordinate with the dining chairs. Very much fits into a modern home while giving a nod to the age of the table.
Thank you!
That table was definitely worth updating and restoring. You and your husband make a great team. I see why you did the legs in black--to match your chairs. Good idea. I also think your choice of that gray-brown was creative of you. A new fresh color palette. You made a big job look easy.
Thank you for your comment!
Such a beautiful way to honor a replica Duncan Phyfe table. I love mine.
They really are wonderful. We cherish it!
I have the smaller version of this same Duncan-Phyfe dining table. I think mine was called an apartment-size dining table. It is just like yours, but only has two leg supports, rather than the three, and only one center leaf (plus the two drop-leafs). They're great tables, and well worth the time you invested to refinish yours. You did a wonderful job. I'm not usually a fan of painting antique furniture, but the black paint you put on the legs looks beautiful, and the dining chair you paired it with in the shot at the end are perfect. Nice job!
Thank you!
Came out great! I have a side table similar to that with the drop down sides. Trying to figure out what to do with it. This gives me inspiration.
Thanks, I hope you try it!
I have this table. Pennsylvania House cherry. I refinished two damaged top pieces. Still left it cherry. Best most adaptable table I have.
I bought the exact same table at the thrift shop for $25.00, mine is in perfect condition. I like the black legs but I think the gray is muddy looking. It may look better in person .
What a great find! The stain looks nice but If I did it again I would go lighter. Learning every day!
Stylish makeover.
Thank you
Thank you!
I was skeptical of your stain choice at first, but the gray tone looks great with the black legs. Very nice.
Thank you! It was darker than I originally intended but I’m happy with how it turned out!
I just threw away that exact table 2 months ago. the leg was broken and the minute I put it outdide someone grabbed it. I loved the table and had it for years, but i could not find a leg replacement. Your table is the first I've seen like it with the 3 legs and I searched the internet. Good job.
I’m sorry you couldn’t find the leg! Maybe someone will be able to repurpose it in some way!
Furniture repair guys are around, but not easy to find. It takes time.
Julie my family had a table similar to this one, I vividly remember the claws
Beautiful transformation!
Thank you!
I have this same table. The top has seen better days. You did a great job. I want to try the washer tip to bring up the sides.
Thank you! It is working well!
Thank you for sharing this video. I have a very similar table and feeling inspired to try to fix drop leaf and refinish.
I hope you do! It’s very rewarding!
I love how that table turned out!! Great choice of colors too. I'm not confident enough to try something like this yet.😁
May I suggest addressing the volume on your music portion of your beautiful video? The volume scared my sleeping kitty. 😬
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Oh, no, poor kitty! I'm sorry for the loud music. I am a TH-cam newbie, but I think my more recent videos have gotten better. Thanks for the table compliments, we are still loving it! I highly recommend beginning with a piece of furniture that is not very sentimental for practice!
@@JuliesOliveTree great idea about an unsentimental piece to try. Thanks!
I have a replica of the Duncan Fife as well with 5 chairs. My table needs refinishing too. This tells me what to expect but I won’t be painting but staining again but putting a quality poly over the stain so I don’t have to use a tablecloth all the time. No more white stains. Use a piece of paper bag for your final sanding of last few coats. It’s better than sandpaper!
Great job by the way! 🇨🇦👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you! Best of luck with yours! We really love ours!
I have this same table!
It's called brass cleaner
Great job!!
Thank you!
Looks awesome!
Thank you!
Very nice!
Thank you!
I have a McIntosh drop leaf 8 seater 1960's/1970's table
& a McIntosh Dunvegan Teak Sideboard . I have little room
& needs to go. We will swap for something interesting or best offer cash
Good job 👏
Thank you!
I have the same table and one of the legs came off I can't get it to be leval. Any advise? When I have it up side down it s on inch longer than the other side. It was leval before it broke.
Save yourself a LOT of sanding by using a stripper such as Citrus-strip.
Yes, my husband suggested that, too. Maybe we’ll try that if we do another project like this. We are learning as we go!
@@JuliesOliveTree good husband you have 😃!
Sanding really puts a lot of particular matter in the air and some of the old paints and varnishes have nasty stuff in them that you don’t want to be breathing in.
@@alexblaze8878 thank you for the suggestion!
I think it’s older then 1965.
Oh mine did not have a center leaf.
Ok i have a similiar tables to your restore one here do you know who made yours ?
No, I don’t. The table was given to us and I didn’t find any makers stamp.
What grit sandpaper did you use?
We may have used 80 grit initially to get through the varnish and then moved to 120 grit to smooth it out. But we may have started out with 120 grit to avoid braking through the veneer. I don’t remember for sure.
How can you tell if it was a Duncan Phyfe table?
I believe this table is not old enough to be Duncan Phyfe. I believe this was built in 1965, a reproduction.
@@JuliesOliveTree okay I have one simular just wondering and thanks for the videos keep up the good work 👍👍💯
I don't mean this to be criticalGood start, but music was too loud and annoying.
Yes, I can see that. I'll have to work on that. Thanks.
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