Thanksgiving Harvest Table MAKEOVER! 

You can get a stainable and paintable wood filler and fill in all your holes on your table and sand it down after it dries. I think this will help you.

The chairs look gorgeous in the dark color

These chairs brought back memories! We had them when I grew up. I was born in 1955. Yours are in such good shape! What a lucky find. Beautiful!

Wow! Everything turned out just perfect! I love the little spots of white paint on the table. It tells a story. For me, I love the imperfections! My whole house is filled with second hand furniture, pictures etc. and I wouldn't have it any other way. To me that makes it feel more like a home! Give yourself grace and do what makes you happy! You are amazing! 😊❤

The table and chairs look incredible! And once again the reading was timely and beautiful!

God bless you for tackling those chairs!!!! There is no way I would have the patience. I would have just spray painted them black , and stained the table. As far as the white paint showing through... they have those furniture crayons. I feel your home lends itself to the perfectly imperfect. Which I find charming. Curated over time versus a new show room perfectly stained table. Embrace it! I actually love the finished tablescape with the runner , which allows the white painted areas to show through. It adds character, dimension, and texture to everything!

You did a magnificent job Kristen. Give yourself a pat on the back. You showed patience and perseverance and you nailed it. Well done!

The the beautiful, warm and inviting.

love the outcome of the chairs and love the "ribbon" look of the gold table runner.

I love your table and chairs . Great job ! I think the table with all its character makes it all the more unique and beautiful !!!!

I do believe the darker color on the chairs looks warmer. Like it a lot. Good job.

I think it looks so pretty and old. I actually love the table, like it is. This is a beautiful labor of love and I love it all. Have a great day in the Lord.

I'm so glad that in the end you are happy with the results of your endeavor. That's important! Everyone has their own ideas on how to refinish wood, so what matters most is whether or not you're happy with the end result. Also, one way to look at is that you gave it your best shot & you learned a thing or two in the process. In my opinion, perfection can steal our joy. Wood is a natural, living breathing material; therefore, don't fret over the end result being perfect. Enjoy the look you've created, find joy in a job well done & perhaps over time, you'll fall more & more in love with the updates you've created with your table & chairs. I love the finished product to include your runner, chargers & dishes. I love the contrast between the chairs & table. Very lovely! Great job!

I truly love what you’ve done with your home. And the table has such character!! The chairs are beautiful. You are a blessing!!

I would fill those areas that keep catching with a wood filler that can be stained, painted or varnished. That would at least alleviate that problem and still give you options.

I always host holidays- i love to entertain and also have celiac and salt restrictions so if i want to eat, i need to do the cooking. I also love decorating and setting fabulous tables!

I hold all of the holidays at my home. Hosting is something I am always tweaking and refining.

I think you did a great job! I personally like the white paint showing thru…gives it character! And the chairs look so much better stained & sealed. Your guests will be impressed!

thanks Kristen😊 beautiful for sharing❤ it is a blessing to have a dining table and home 😊

Seriously can’t even stand how amazing it looks! I love the stain you chose for the chairs and the natural rustic style table looks amazing with the darker chairs! I love the chippy white paint on the table as well! You should feel so proud of yourself, Kristen! I only started watching your videos a few months ago and I just want you to know how much your real, down to earth self has been such an encouragement to me. Thank you for allowing God to use you in touching the lives of so many of us.

Also love the tablescape decor especially pine cones for candle holders. Unique idea.

I love the way the table looks! GORGEOUS Kristen! And those chairs are WONDERFUL! A true labor of love but are now AMAZING!!! Great job ❤

Love the chairs

Everything looks beautiful! Your hard work and perseverance has paid off. Thank you so much for making this video. I’m the type of person who appreciates and decorates one holiday at a time. With the hustle and bustle of life, we can easily lose sight of what matters. God bless!

Never done this myself, but I've watched a lot of furniture flipping shows. Use Bondo to fill all the wood cracks, using thin coats, sanding in between coats,until the tabletop is all level, paint the top black, keep the legs natural, then poly everything.

The table looks beautiful! White paint and all!

I really like the table with the bits of leftover paint! Looks so loved and like it's been around for a long time. Great job!

Hi Kristen, I inherited a dining table that is not my style, it’s very dark stained pine in perfect condition. I hide it with a white tablecloth. I’m planning on creating a new top that is exactly what I want. And give me extra length. I’ll just place a lighter wood on top for spring and summer. It will give me the opportunity to make my table rectangle instead of oval. But I like that I can take leaves out and the table can reduce to a small circle when it’s just us. It’s a win win

Your tablescape could not be more perfect!!!! Love it!

I love how the table and chairs turned out. You did a great job...and the table scape is beautiful. But my favorite segment of the video is your sharing of your faith. Blessings and prayers...

The stainable filler would help with a quick fix. To salvage the table I would take it apart after the holidays and flip those board over to the good side and put it back together. It will serve many generations. (Provided the other side had a good surface to use. Oh, the tablescape looks awesome!!

Love your table!!!😊 You're DIYs aren't nearly the failures you're thinking!! ❤

Kristen, the chairs are so beautiful and your table adds a country flair with character! Great job!

Love the end result of the table and chairs came together!

Oh sweet Kristen, you have got to give yourself some grace. You did a fantastic job recreating your chairs and table. I personally love the imperfections of the white paint. It shows the history of the table. Plus, it looks like that is really, really old wood that was cut at a sawmill. I think your table is so beautiful, and the way you styled it looks so beautiful. I’m not very patient when I tackle those types of projects either. I want it ALLLLL to be done in 2 hours or less 😂😂😂😂. I’m such a dreamer; unrealistic dreamer!!!! However, we do complete our project dreams, we realize there is true beauty in imperfections and we accept the outcome. Have a blessed week. Enjoyed this video so much. 😊❤😊❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

You did a great job on the chairs, I love the darker color. I for one so appreciate you decorating for Fall still and not jumping into Christmas already. Some of us are still in Fall mode!

Hey Kristen! Your table is beautiful! So proud of you for the love you put into your table and chairs. You did a fabulous job! They’re gorgeous! Also appreciated your sweet words to the believers out there. I’m one of them and home means everything to me as well as a haven and peaceful place for my family and others to see and feel the warmth and love of Jesus! God Bless you and your sweet family! 💜

Kristen, I don’t think the white showing through here and there looks bad at all! The table is loaded with character and in my opinion adds to the charm! I personally would continue with the stain and see how it turns out! Be brave!

the white paint just adds character:)

Your table is beautiful! I love the natural tone even with the bit of paint - looks very well used and loved. As always enjoy that you keep your experience so real. ❤❤❤

The chairs look AMAZING!!!!!!!!

Beautifulll, always love your imperfection and your biblical readings,,,, so real

Oh my goodness Kristen, you are a total Angel when you have something go wrong. Your laughter and acceptance of your mistake is priceless. You make my heart smile. It looks wonderful. God Bless You and your Family, and I love your sweetheart of a dog.❤️🙏❤️

I love those chairs. My Mom and Dad those chairs with their first store bought dining room set. They were hard rock maple and they are still beautiful. Keep them no matter what table you use.

Everything looks beautiful and welcoming. Your time and efforts certainly paid off.

Hi Kristen. Your table and chairs are so lovely. They turned out so home. Love your dishes. Your tablescape is so pretty ,. Your home is so welcoming. Your guests will feel so cozy. So loved. Thank you for another video. Take Care. G o d. Bless You and Your Beautiful Family.

It looks fabulous!!! Great choice on the colors! As soon as you said you were going to stain the table, i screamed NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Great job!

Just beautiful! So cozy and welcoming….great job!

Kristen I appteciate your realness. Because this is how it goes for most of us. Your table is perfection! I love it holes and all!!!❤

I absolutely love how your table & chairs turned out!! Always do a small "test" spot on your furniture piece on the side or somewhere that isn't visible in case you don't like it and always remember do not shake your stain, always stir it. I've redone many furniture pieces & I know it's hard work but the satisfaction of the finished look is always well worth it!! God bless!

Your chairs are awesome . It is so much better with less orange in your space … gorgeous!

Hi Kristen!!! I think your dining room looks so sweet and charming. I love how it all turned out. I think the white paint just adds character and charm it gives the table a story behind it. Your such an inspiration not only as a homemaker but as a woman of God. I enjoy your videos so much!!! You remind me to stay in the word and to seek God's presence. You're such a blessing!!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

*I admire your tenacity to not give up, Kristen! Keep in mind, you have learned things that don't work for you. Those lessons are invaluable and you can build on them. Please get some paintable/stainable wood filler to overfill the gouges (because it shrinks as it dries), and sand it smooth. Then poly over those areas. When dry, add another layer of poly to the whole tabletop so your poly doesn't look patchy. No more snags❣️🥰 🤎* *Your new table decor is lovely. To keep your curvy candles🕯straight in your candleholders and prevent them from accidentally falling out, put a dab of hot glue inside each of your candleholders, then place your candles inside🕯and hold them straight for about 15 to 30 seconds to allow the glue to cool. 😎 Works with all candles, too! Use a candle snuffer to put them out so that hot wax isn't sprayed all over your table runner and stain it, which will happen if you blow 😙💨💦 them out. (Ask me how I know. 😥) God Bless you, your husband and daughters, along with your entire family this Thanksgiving🦃 and Christmas Season. 🎄*

I love the table just the way it is, the little bits of white paint looks beautiful on it, I refinish a lot of furniture and I love that look of old paint left on the wood, you can,also get some wood filler and fill in the cracks and crevasses to,give it a smoother finish, if it were me I wood mix a little pine stain and the early American and if you polyurethane it, I would use satin finish because you may get to shiny of a finish on it, this is just some suggestions, but it is beautiful just like it is

It turned out so pretty! Thank you for celebrating Thanksgiving before Christmas. It seems like Thanksgiving is being forgotten about now adays.

This turned out SO beautiful!!! Love everything, including the specks of wood in the table. It gives it such a lived in charm. Absolutely gorgeous 😍

I absolutely love the table as it was.

Love those chairs. And the table. They all look so good together. And those brown dishes are so pretty. You did good, Kristin.

For stubborn paint in crevices, I use a heavy duty stripping spray or a heat gun (carefully so as not to burn the wood) with a wire brush and scrub inside the grooves. It's tedious but it works!

My home is always a warm and welcome place to all. My favorite holiday is thanksgiving. No gifts required, just food and laughter and love.😅 28:24

It turned out beautifully!! Oh my! Well done!

I agree… the table tells a story. I love it. I have even seen some decorators use a table like yours set in high end crystal and sterling silver. I think you have a real treasure.

The chairs look fabulous in the darker color and the tablescape so homey and welcoming.

Kristen I just love your tablescape and table and chairs!! I love your determination and realness. I’ve done so many projects that were just not Pinterest but I feel God took His touch and made it beautiful! At least beautiful to be used for Him💕. I love how you were hosting guest at the end of the week yet worked so hard and finished this project and your whole home and with a cold! I totally admire that. Great job! 💕nancy

I LOVE the table with the white showing. It has a beautiful aged look.

Hey Kristen the table looks beautiful and what an inviting ambiance anyone would be privileged to break bread with your family🙏 God Bless

The chairs look beautiful Kristen. Honestly I love the chippy paint look of the table it has character

You are so talented, I love how you incorporated your dishes with the new items

I like the old white paint showing through , it looks aged and distressed , I like it that way . And I LOVE the color your chairs came out , You did a AWESOME JOB , your dining table and chairs look Beautiful !!!

It was well worth your labor of love. It looks amazing!

Stain the whole table and embrace every single imperfection. It’s gorgeous. So many primitive tables have left over chippy paint and they are stunning. You might love it. It’s beautiful along with your home!!

Love it the little bit paint on there and it all looks beautiful

Chairs came out awesome. You did a great job. You have a lot of patience❤

I absolutely love how the table turned out. The paint gives it character.

Bravo on the chairs! Love the contrast with mixed wood colors. Your table scape is lovely too.

What a beautiful tablescape! Why do I love watching your videos. You could have went out and bought new table and chairs but you took the time and effort to update and work hard getting this to look so good. Thank you for showing that hard work and vision are the way to go. Its so self satisying.

The table and chairs turned out great !!!!!I love it !!! I feel ya on projects ! It can discouraging at times ! But keep at it ! All a learning process ! At least that’s what I take from it if when it doesn’t go my way !

I like the rustic look of your table and the chairs are so pretty.

Yes paint the chairs black with a red undertone. We got colonial chairs made and painted red and top coated black. Looks really nice

LOVE the chairs....SOOOOO much better!

The chairs look fabulous. You could put a large piece of glass on your table to cover the imperfections. 😀

Love the table and chairs. Great job.

Hey, Kristen! As always I enjoyed watching this video. Just a tip for your next DIY project. Durham's Rockhard Water Putty is a really inexpensive product that you can find at Home Depot or any hardware store. You can mix this with small aount of your stain, then fill in your holes/grooves and sand. You can then come back with your stain for a more even finish before applying your poly. I hope this helps! P.S. i am one of those people you mentioned in the video who doesn't do any Christmas decorating until after Thanksgiving. Fall is absolutely my favorite season and I want to thoroughly enjoy all the beautiful colors and sweetness that autumn holds. Thanks so much for the tablescape ideas for a beautiful harvest celebration. 🦃🥧🍎

Kristen, I have refinished a lot of furniture, and there is no easy way, trust me, I would have found it!! Wood preparation is key. Most antique furniture that is painted white is painted with oil based enamel paint. There wasn't laytex paint back then, and it was very good at waterproofing things that were going to get spills on them so the wood didn't rot. You can not cover oil based paint with stain, it just won't work. oil based paint is solid, stain is transparent. Surface prep is key. As old varnishes like the finishes on your old chairs, they darken and get kind of gummy. The places where your old chairs are super dark is the varnish kind of mixing with years of dirt and grime and getting kind of gummy. YOu can scrape through it with your fiingernail. In order to get a good finish that will last you have to remove that. If you talk to any professional painter or furniture refinisher they don't recommed the quick fix kind of paints that are paint and primer in one or are super thick one coat. The idea is to put several layers on, each one hardens and dries, and they form a tough bond. Also water based paint and oil based paint don't mix you can't use them together. Your chairs did turn out a lovely color, they may chip really easity because of the thick coats of stain, only time will tell. Hope this helps, we have learned the hard way! We took an old clawfoot bathtub, and my husband sanded the outside of it down really good, and we painted the outside of it a lovely color (water based paint) We came out the next morning and it was covered with millions of tiny rust spots. The problem was the cast iron bare metal rusts, and the paint was WATER based, so the water in the paint made the whole tub rust. Had to restrip, resand, and repaint the whole thing with OIL based paint. Was beautiful after that.

Kristen, I truly LOVE your table and chairs just like it is NOW! The table has so much character! I imagine it has stories to tell and your family is adding new chapters. Not one single moment you spend on homemaking is ever wasted, dear. It makes each piece all the more sweet! The table runner just shines down the center and the contrast between worn and newer is a feast to the eyes. You get a double thumbs up and an A+!❤️

I have hosted many holiday meals. I loved it. I loved decorating the house and the table. I loved planning and cooking the food. I miss it but have handed the hosting over to my daughters. We moved to be near them and our grandchildren. The home we bought is quite a downsize. There is really not enough room to have a formal dinner. On another note. I love how you stained your chairs. The table looks great too!

First off I love the old table I love the scars I love the imperfections of it it is just a storybook telling a story also those chairs turned out gorgeous great job kiddo ❤️

The table and chairs are fabulous! Love your dishes too!

I love it with the stain

Ok, truth… love the contrast between the chairs and table! I have learned something new today about gel stain and hoping to change an antique desk to a darker color, as I do not like the orange hue either. You had me at Charles Spurgeon! Love the quote you used. Sometimes what we think we will love turns out to be different in the end. I’ve experienced that myself while trying to decorate in an 1800’s cottage. ❤️

Kristen, your table looks just beautiful, warm and so very cozy. Enjoy your home...Many Blessings, Robin

Love, love how everything turned out. Beautiful

Kristen, you did an awesome job, the chairs look so good and your table setting is beautiful. God bless you and your family💗🍁🌻🍂

Kirsten, your table looks amazing. Seriously! Some people pay thousands of dollars to get a table like that! I love it!❤❤❤

I like how you keep moving forward and not run in fear-love the table it’s gorgeous

Stunning table scape…so wish I had your talent. You are truly blessed.

Absolutely LOVE how it all came out. ❤❤❤

Kristan everything looks beautiful. The table is perfectly imperfect just like us.❤

The chairs turned out really nice , also loved the way you chose to dress the table with the gold runner . I can remember being younger and experimenting with finding my way of decorating with younger children and entertaining friends. In my season of life , I am widowed with the plan to move from my home of the last 22 years after losing my husband 5 years ago . Celebrate what you have , your future is pregnant with plans and experiences you can only imagine . Blessings ❤️

It turned out awesome. I am so glad you hung in there.. I love the table too. Blessings to your family & friends with much fellowship.