DIY Dining Room Table

So with future plans of a big family and holiday dinners, we really wanted a dining room table that could accommodate more than 4 people.  (Un)Fortunately the options for 10 foot tables were WAY out of our price range.  With that in mind we decided to put this tutorial to the test and build our own.  Take a look and let us know what you think:

 

Final Cost: $505 (including the cost of some new tools- pocket hole guide, square, level, etc.)

Average Purchase Price of a similar table: $1,000

 

 

Staining and Clear coating the legs after they were cut-

The base of the table top-

Table top with the hard wood flooring glued and nailed into place-

 

The table leaves which take the main table from 6ft to 10ft-

 

After the first pour of clear coat-

 

A ham on the table

 

First coat of clear coat on the leaves-

 

 

The base of the table set up in our dining room-

Centering the table top on the base to secure

 

Close ups-

 

 

In action-

We absolutely love it!  At a 50% savings, I’d say it was a great investment.  The strength and character of this piece makes it so special to us!

ABCs of me

I don’t know where this originated but I thought it would be fun to complete one about me.  Feel free to complete one about yourself and link to it in the comments section!

ABC’s of me

A: Age: 23

B: Bed size: Queen

C. Chore you hate: Dusting (I don’t keep knick-knacks because I refuse to dust them)

D. Dogs: Puppy- Golden Retriever

E. Essential start to your day: Go to the bathroom and turn on the heat (in the winter anyway)

F. Favorite color: Shades of Red, but I wear black 90% of the time.

G. Gold or silver: Silver

H: Height: 5’3”-ish

I: Instruments that you can play: I played the Saxophone for a year in fourth grade.

J: Job title: Policy Service Administrator

K: Kids: Hopefully lots in the future.

L: Live: Upstate NY

M: Mom’s name: Michele

N: Nicknames: Dee

O: Overnight hospital stays: None so far.  Hopefully we’ll keep it that way.

P: Pet peeve: when you’re driving and you give someone the right of way and they don’t wave.

Q: Quote from a movie: I don’t commit those kinds of things to memory.

R: Righty or lefty: Right

S: Sibling: one- younger brother

T: Time you wake up: 5:30

U: Underwear: yes

V: Vegetables you dislike: carrots, brussel sprouts, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, turnips (apparently I have an issue with orange veggies)

W: What makes you run late: Washing chicken eggs to sell at work. It always throws me off in the morning but the customers want them washed.

X: X-rays: teeth… and my pinky once.

Y: Yummy food you make: Chicken Parmesan, Cinnamon Buns

Z: Zoo favorite animal: Big cats

Memory Lane

How about a stroll down memory lane?? Well the memories that have pictures on this computer anyway…

 

This picture was taken last winter, the boys choose the props:

All of this went down while listening to Charlie Daniels on the 8-track.  “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”… just stick a pen in it to help it along

 

Country fest 2009-

Montgomery Gentry were the headliners <3 These guys know how to put on a show!

 

We got poured on, but didn’t let the rain ruin the fun.

 

2008- My 21st Birthday 

 

This is back in 2007: 

How about my sweet puppy the day I brought him home, July 2007:

Wanna go back further?

This was the summer after I graduated high school in 2005:

 

And here I am right before prom.  I made that dress with a whole lot of help from my great aunt:

 

This picture is really old.  Back in my fearless days   Luckily I never did that old four-wheeler too much damage (despite the time i flipped it over).  She’s still around and even runs on a good day (she’s older then I am!) !

 

And last but not least we have picture of Timber.  This is my parents’ Great Pyrenees dog.  He was an old boy and a massive dog.  He loved us dearly, but didn’t care for strangers.  He was known to bite people he didn’t know…it’s the instinct and we were his flock to care for.  

I guess that is all for now.  I just love going through old pictures!