I've hated our dining room table for as long as I can remember but we just don't have it in our budget to purchase a new one right now. My fix? Paint! It's the best and most inexpensive way to update an old piece of furniture. I posted more detail about it, including my use of a super paint additive that helps eliminate brush strokes, today on my blog
http://www.glasspeacock.com/2012/04/so-were-... Here's the before and after...