the table.

We've never been in love with our table. It was sturdy and could expand to a very useful size. But it wasn't our style. And it had upholstered chairs. Upholstered chairs with kids = worst idea ever. It was getting pretty worn and instead of refinishing it, we sold it on Craigslist to a very excited man who thought he could fit it in the back of his small VW (I can't tell you how many people have shown up at our house in small VWs to haul huge Craigslist items).

And then Ben built us a table. We came up with a design and Ben built the table top. We ordered the steel hairpin legs online. And voila. A table we are in love with.

It was actually a fairly easy process. But somehow still took a few months. The hard part being finding the time (daylight hours with good weather so Ben could work outside). Building the actual table top only took a few hours. We had a hard time getting the stain just right. Stained it, didn't like it, sanded the whole thing down and started again. We ended up mixing a few different colors.

We got the chairs online. They're light, stackable, and EASY TO CLEAN! We plan to either buy two more mismatched chairs or Ben might build a bench.

Next up is a makeover for the rest of the dining room...

Ben's favorite new tool: the kreg jig!