On to the Dining Room

The dining room got the white wash treatment as well as the same bamboo shades and curtains as the living room {it's really one long room}. Other than that it sat empty for quite a while... 

We finally decided to do something about it. 

Remember this pile of wood we tore out of the house from {this} post?

Well there were some boards that caught hubs eye before it was hauled away. He picked through the pile and found some door jams in decent shape with some really neat coloration... 

And thus began hub's operation table build...

After fixing them up a bit we brought them upstairs to see how they looked. We flipped and moved them around until we found a pattern pleasing to our eyes...

We debated staining the boards darker or using a clear coat to preserve their natural coloring... 

The edges are pretty rough here...

So hubs cut them clean and lined them up...

Then numbered them so our chosen pattern wouldn't get mixed up... 

These were the pieces he pried off the door jams and will use as finishing strips...

Here goes nothing... 

At this point it was still going to be a toss up if this was going to work or not. Were the boards going to lay flat, stay together, and look good doing it? 

Only time will tell, so it was on to the stain {after lots of sanding, of course!}. Looking back I'm so glad we decided to stain it a darker color. 

On to the legs... The inspiration for the legs came from a table that caught our eye a while back. It's a beautiful table from Ethan Allen, but with a $1500 price tag it wasn't meant to be ours.

So when you have a husband like mine - he will make it happen. He actually went to the store, took some measurements, came back home, and got to work. God love him.

Looking good, babe!

I told hubs I wanted to write something on the bottom and asked what he thought it should say. With no hesitation he said, "To my wifey".  It was so cute. I also wrote something about how it was built with wood from our first house. 

Here you can see how he used the "finishing strips"... 

Almost finished. Hubs spent a lot of time down in the garage working diligently on this table. I appreciate it more than he will ever know. 

And here she is right side up in all her glory!!! 

I LOVE this table and I will never forget the craftsmanship, patience, love, and attention to detail that went into making it.

Next I'll show you how she looks in her very own room! 

PS- I'm guest blogging over at True Life: We're Married which Jocelyn and her husband are away on vacation! Check out the post {here}!