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A few months ago I made over my farmhouse table.

It’s a table we have had for about 15 years and the very dark factory finish was in poor shape.  I stripped the entire table and used a belt sander to help me remove some of the stubborn remaining finish.  I knew I needed to use an orbital sander (which I don’t have) to get the wood looking new but decided that I would leave it as is because I kind of liked the rustic, imperfect look the belt sander created.

Here is what it looked like after Makeover #1:

And here’s what it looks like today:

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