Upcycling traditional furniture through creative design by mariandavp

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hive-156509 · @mariandavp · May 14 '22

$8.06

Upcycling traditional furniture through creative design

**Hey there!**

Today (like everyday) I was working on the preparations of our new boutique hotel at Blaka Beach in Naxos Island in Greece. 

Recently, Plaka Beach has been selected by many prestigious international magazines as one of the three top Beaches in Greece, which is a good coincidence with my opening. **However, it has raised the pressure for me, to deliver something worthy**. 

It has been my aspiration that **Sea Lilies Suites** will host mine and my mother's (@sofi-m) art, but it's also going to be a curated environment where everything in the suites will have some thought behind it.

For our furniture, I was looking for a balanced mix of traditional and eclectic modern design, using natural materials and upcycling solid wooden furniture. In the process, I have discovered a new interest in design and decoration. 

Today, I'm going to show you how I upcycled a classic traditional dining table into my own design table, lightening up its mood and warming it's colors. 

![InCollage_20220514_193615250.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/AKwL1xH8J2CN9VnhyAqLbLMP8yprh7LvXkF3acRBwPvzdqYdLu4bXufrHj8gyPJ.jpg)


This is the end result;

![20220514_163418-03.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/243frmPg6tBLnqZcreR7YYNc5bUYhnbwdK79QPQScvf6xrQJNo1hWy3yZhCtRKUsc5zaQ.jpg)

The original table was this one;


![IMG-20220214-WA0008-01.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/23wzzUzThdQ9H2NUfGfFBxGfQm48v8z5GKLLJctADaViKpL1UyqdpSGrJ1jzhW9Z47zGj.png)
 
It was rather dark for a beach house, but it is solid wood and very expensive too. So, instead of buying a new one and contributing to enviromental damage, I decided to scrub it and bring out its natural colors. Since, we are on the beach front, I designed some waves on the surface. 


![20220514_135051-01.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/EoK6oAYMKF9LQsgR8ZtNuRd3AMBVtfcy1jLpFzLGbHTBRyYZPoSyvr6EVoT1k49NzyQ.jpg)


![20220514_135654-01.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/23viCQPTez5BcsiMxkYpdbMr5MpwHCbzx7KtEiQdbqRjXFaRaQ87CvSja9PUBHN7YcpUL.jpg)


![20220514_135648-01.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/23vi83MTwLrDLf1pNqtwFtafXYvqvKS127YgsqwuT6UfeJZoqvWEP1Y8tu5GZfXRw7yxB.jpg)


![20220514_135622-01.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/23w2sW7YNuoUZQL4qPuwsneo4Ctj1FNwoUPQ8ijHzeqA8S3DAb1tZZxA5wdgYaNyVxtkp.png)

Then I used a water based wood finish.


![20220514_152529-01.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/23wMWDNxx3cruEPLpBsfjsnGVii7N8SwwRfgV2ctu3CA7ygd2i38ttrL9nAoN7MAZfqyu.jpg)


#### Voila!


![IMG-20220514-WA0000-02.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/243frKGhXWmVW6i8uqaP7zmyhc69fT2hUKNWFqQR7kTPZGkFb7t7uV5bjR1VEKPFuK6d8.png)



![20220514_163137-01.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/23ywnxgdptHL43M2oPdf51rP1nKyoFxy63Xsz6xPNVs6L3df2VX34tFtdbTJoSXugEzvx.jpg)


![20220514_163418-02.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mariandavp/243BgnLYwKaQAFHzz3MMscTF55ajnJrEvsitjtL55Q83K3ejVucaU5ZY6fUiwfPsYfYYo.jpg)

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@cajiro · May 19 '22

$0.02

That looks as creative as it does cool @mariandavp . Wonderful decorating that foreshadows many successes. Best regards to you. ☺️🙂

👍 mariandavp

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@mariandavp · May 22 '22

Thank you very much @cajiro ! I don't know about future successes but surely I enjoy this...

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@cajiro · May 22 '22

☺️☺️ that's the idea 🥳

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@gangstalking · May 14 '22

<div><p><center><b>Whoever is directly controlling the V2K told me to kill myself.<br/>They told me if I killed myself now it would save the lives of countless others.<br/> Saying the longer I wait to kill myself the more people will suffer.</b></center></p></div><br/>They are reckless and should have shown the proper media what they had before taking me hostage for 5 years. I know there are many in prison that dont deserve to be there because of this. Your stay in prison will not be fun @battleaxe and friends. People are going to want you dead when they find out what you did. I hope you die a slow painful death. You sick mother fuckers.<br/><br/> https://peakd.com/gangstalking/@acousticpulses/electronic-terrorism-and-gaslighting--if-you-downvote-this-post-you-are-part-of-the-problem<br/><br/> Its a terrorist act on American soil while some say its not real or Im a mental case. Many know its real. This is an ignored detrimental to humanity domestic and foreign threat. Ask informed soldiers in the American military what their oath is and tell them about the day you asked me why. Nobody has I guess. Maybe someone told ill informed soldiers they cant protect America from military leaders in control with ill intent. How do we protect locked up soldiers from telling the truth?

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@orestistrips · May 14 '22

$0.02

Υπό γωνία δείχνει ακόμη καλύτερο το πάτερν. Μπράβο 🙂

👍 mariandavp

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@mariandavp · May 14 '22

Ευχαριστω πολυ @orestistrips

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