The phrase
"to stain the top" means to leave a mark or spot on the upper surface of something, usually by accidentally spilling or smudging a substance on it.
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Love the blue and white checked chairs, especially, but am also loving the wood
stained top of the dresser combined with the painted bottom.
I thought I liked white bases with
dark stained tops, but your beautiful table is perfect.
I really like the look of painted body and
wood stained top, so if I were to use chalk paint again, that's probably what I would do.
Once, the paint was off I used the palm sander to sand it down, then
stained the top with dark walnut stain by Minwax.
Once you put them together,
stain the top in dark walnut and painted the aprons and legs white.
Once, the paint was off I used the palm sander to sand it down,
then stained the top with dark walnut stain by Minwax.
I am getting ready to do the same to our black dining set... out with the black and painting AS Old White with a
walnut stained top.
I wanted to do a similar pattern, but larger on my dining room table using tone on tone white and ivory maybe, but ended up
staining the top instead.
I wanted it to be a timeless piece that would always match the space regardless of the colors and decorations around it, so I decided on an ivory painted bottom with
espresso stained top.
Am looking at
staining the top of my oval table dark and using old ochre which I have never actually seen yet..
The top needed a major sanding and refinishing, originally I had planned
on staining the top and drawer fronts for a two toned mix of stain and paint.
Once I got going, I ultimately decided to
stain the top in addition to tie everything together.
I used a Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner by MinWax to prepare the wood to receive a smooth stain,
then stained the top with MinWax Wood Finish in the color Cherry.
So we decided to strip and
stain the top with Feast Watson in Elm and paint the rest with Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in Kitchen Scales, the hardware would stay the same.
The colour is lovely, some photos it looks blue, but you did say the grey was more lifelike, and I always like a
wood stained top on a painted piece!
The cause of embarrassment and many
a stained top... but let's face it, it's all for a good cause.
I finished off with two coats of clear wax (no buffing as I wanted a matte, old world finish) and Miss Mustard Seed Hemp Oil on
the stained top.
Now I'm getting ready for a dining room set (GULP) and I want to
stain the top and paint the base and chairs and use dark wax.
I saw your dinning table post but noticed
you stained the top.
As soon as we got home from the yard sale, he unloaded the table and immediately ripped off the veneer, sanded down the original wood planks and
stained the top.
I wrote a post about finishing my dining table top (plus 3 leaves), and I found a great product that protects
my stained top and gives the look of a waxed piece.
And instead of sanding and / or
staining the top, I decided to paint it with Graphite Chalk Paint.
I stained the top of the table in a dark walnut color and painted the legs a cheery yellow!
I love that
you stained the top.
I love the way
you stained the top of your coffee table, I am trying to replicate this look.
I'm thinking about doing it the way you did this one, or I might
stain the top of the table a darker brown.
Paint the metal a fun color and
stain the top a neutral like this one by Plaster and Disaster for Remodelaholic.
Paint the legs of a table turquoise (or any other color) and
stain the top like this one by Restoration Redoux.
I am about to
stain the top of my table and I don't want to mess it up.
Painting the legs and
staining the top... cuz I love the look of this.
I love how
you stained the top alone.
I love everything about this piece and I especially love that
you stained the top.
I love to do
a stained top on dressers when they are in good shape.
I wanted the table top to stand out from the base of the table, but yet I did not want to have just a wood -
stained top.
The shade of blue is so unique and looks so pretty with
the stained top.
Beautiful color with
the stained top; I love, love, love aqua and turquoise painted furniture.
What a unique piece of furniture and I love the teal with the dark
stained top... beautiful!
That color is AMAZING and I especially love
the stained top.