Project: My Farmhouse Table

 One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well
- Virginia Woof

Everything in our house happens at the dinning room table. In our new house we ditched the idea of a formal and informal dinning area {cause we are not the 'formal' type} and opted to have a special space we eat all our meals at. Together, as a family. So when it came to choosing our family dining room table, I did A TON of homework. Keeping with the theme {well back then, lack there of}I found a table I loved - from none other than Pottery Barn – but didn’t like the price tag. So I set out to make my own. I found a simple {well I thought they looked simple at the time}plans from one of my DIY heroes Anna White. Find my original plans here. 

Here are a few pictures from the build process.

A few more. Please excuse the attire. I was working people! 

You can see here that everyone makes mistakes. But they are easy to fix {insert wedge here}! Note: How cute is my Bug {adorable little girl in picture}. She is now my little helper. 

HUGE project, but it was awesome. I love the final results and it complements the cottage-shabby chic look I was going for! The chairs {in the photo) I refinished with a flat white, distressed, stained and sealed. The table was stained in a Traditional America stain and white washed (very cool trick). Hope you are inspired! 

Note: My blue buffet table in the back was one of my first pieces I refinished. It was an ugly green, but had potential. I painted it Tiffany’s blue {fitting eh?}!

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