A new dining room table…….

 

This post is a little like the fairy tale of Goldilocks And The Three Bears since over the years we have had a few different tables in the dining room and none of them were just right.

 

 

The first table was a French refractory table we used in a previous home. It was a gorgeous table but was too small to accommodate all of the members of our family when hosting family dinners. Next I bought a French oval table with inlaid wood. It was beautiful but a little too big for the room since the hearth for the wood burning stove protruded so far out into the room. After breaking one toe on my left foot three times we sold the table and brought the first table back into the room. We used that for a while until my husband then made a farmhouse table out of reclaimed wood. Again the table was nice but I decided I wanted something less rustic. Sooooo, I bought another French refractory table and while it was bigger than the first table it was still too small for the room. Then one day it hit me…..a round table!!!! A round table would fit the room just right!  So then the hunt was on for the perfect round table.

 

My husband wanted something with character……so I found him one with lots and lots! It had a broken leg and the entire base had to be taken apart and re glued. Plus the top had lots of lots of character marks too…..it had definitely been a well loved piece.

 

Although the table looked nothing like it does now when we found it I was instantly smitten and fell in love when I saw those legs!!!!! I have never seen a round table with such amazing chunky legs before.

 

I found the table on Craig’s List of course for $75. With the cost of glue, stain, and polyurethane for refinishing the top the total cost was around $105. Not bad huh?

 

Of course then I needed chairs for my new gorgeous table so I purchased four of these white slipcovered chairs from IKEA. They are probably the most comfortable dining chairs we have ever had.

 

Have a great week my friends!!!
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