Now, back to those legs.  They’re teak and were originally stained dark.  So, I rough sanded them to reveal some of the lighter, reddish wood underneath (now the red mahogany stain base on the table top makes sense, no?) and leaving some of the dark.   Here you see the original on top and the rough sanded one on the bottom.

To the rough sanded legs, I added the same green stain I used on the table top…

A coat of varnish deepened the color slightly (not shown).

Captain Hubby built a frame for the underside and applied this trim…

…which I smacked a little with the meat tenderizing mallet and stained with similar layers as the table top.  I was aware that the top, trim & legs were not going to match perfectly and didn’t really care if the did, but this trim took some extra work to get it close enough.  I won’t bore you with the step-by-step, but will just jump to the end product…

Next post ~ the finished table!  We enjoyed our Sunday paper & coffee sitting at it this morning!

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