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The kitchen remodel left me with 400sqft of old-growth-pine laying around(60year old subfloor). While still pine, this was too good to throw away. So I decided to build a kitchen table and some benches.
Given these were old tounge and groove 2x6 I spent a lot of time with the planer, so hardly a weekend project. Further more I decided to use biscuit joints. The table probably took me like 5-6 weekends and the benches another 4...
My kids already managed to put some dents in the table, but that just makes it look more rustic.
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Built from Plan(s)
Estimated Time Investment
Week Long Project (20 Hours or More)
Finish Used
I used Minwax for this project. Started of with a light coat of pre-stain, then stained it twice with 'Red Mahogony #225'. The kitchen table I spray-painted 4-5 coats with Semi-gloss Polyurethane and polished it off with some 'finish wax'. I did regret the semi-gloss on the table so the benches I just painted 3 coats of satin polyurethane...
Recommended Skill Level
Intermediate