I subscribe to 2 cardinal rules in life:
1) Be nice to others, it usually gets you what you want
2) A glossy coat of white paint fixes all evils.
Which is by no means to say this dining room table was evil, just a little ho-hum and the perfect piece for a project on a dark and stormy weekend. Luckily, I have a roommate who is up for a little DIY action. So last weekend, the paint cans got pop'd and the brushes started flying.

My brush was apparently flying a little too fast, as I had to go back and clean up all the drips! The original plan was two coats, but as you can see below, that didn't quite cut it, so we ended up with 4 coats in all.

There was a lot of help to go around. Mostly in the unhelpful variety that requires you to paint additional coats because there are nose prints all over everything.

These yellow cane chairs have fabulous detailing on the back and a bright and cheery color, but were in bad need of a recover.

Step one was to remove the the seat and the clean up the frame. The paint was in good condition and we loved the yellow color, so just a good cleaning with soap and water was all they needed.

Underneath the old fabric, was this even older fabric that I loved for the graphic pattern and the cheecky, resort feel. But it it was badly stained and very dirty on most of the chairs, so sadly it couldn't be salvaged.

Gray with a little stripe replaced it (why I didn't photograph this step, I don't know), along with some extra cushioning and they're just like new. All that yellow was a little much, so we mixed in some metal woven chairs that had been on the patio.

...and the glossy white makes me happy every time I walk through the dining room!