Pool Bar Remodel Surprise

Last Christmas Andy and I decided we would remodel his sister's pool bar.  They had recently moved in and had a gorgeous pool area with the exception of the bar...

 

 I love that awesome clock! It's a Howard Miller and was the inspiration to the color scheme we used.

The paneling of the bar was a so rough and dingy looking but I knew I could sand it smooth and stain it a beautiful rich ebony and it would be like new. The tile counter top was a whole other story...

While Tara and her husband Rick went out of town we scurried over to their house and got to work! 

Here is how it went...

 First, we had to bust out all of the dated yellowing tile. Andy was good at this!

 "Thing one and thing two were making a mess"

 After I cleaned out the cabinets I realized I had some priming to do! Yuck!

 I used my favorite bonding primer. Muuuuch better!

 Then I began to sand...

 and sand...

 

 and sand...

I painted the interior of the cabinets black to hide future stains.

 We found some beautiful marble tile at our favorite tile place...Tile Outlets of America!

 Looking good!

After all of that sanding I brushed on a pre-stain to prepare the wood for the beautiful ebony stain we planned on using.

 It is such pretty wood!

  Here is the finished product! Tara and I reupholstered the chairs the previous owners left and repainted them with a beautiful metallic paint.

We rehung the cabinet doors and were done.  Rick was really surprise since he had no idea we were even doing this! P.S. the chair you see in the picture above was another left behind by the owner. I sanded it down, painted it black and stenciled on the saying in glitter paint by Martha Stewart.  It is by far my favorite chair to sit in at their house :-)

 During the day :-)