Our New Dining Room Table

Ok, so the really lame  awesome side of me got riculously excited about the weekend to labor over a new dining room table.  Having moved into our new house, I was super excited to finally have a room large enough for a farmhouse table (or so I thought).  Unfortunately after measuring the dining room, my dream Farm House table no longer would fit if we wanted our bedroom door to close.

With that said, I set my heart on a round table to offset the square room.  And given that its just Ken and I normally eating dinner (and Hannah.....) we didn't need a huge table all the time.  But the entertainers in us would love to have a table large enough for 10.

So I set off to find a table I could redo and found this baby at the Habitiat for Humanity Home store for $50.00 bucks!!!
It looked perfect for our home, but the kicker was there were no leafs to go with it.  So ....why not make some?



Here is the progression......

I hit up Lowes and had 2 pieces of wood cut for me to act as my leafs.

I then drilled holes so the would fit flush against the wood

Next came sanding (my least favorite part)

Once I was finished with sanding, it was time for priming. 

Here is where I started to apply the paint.  Choosing the color was the toughest part of this project. I went with an antique white to match my walls in the dining room. 

And here is the finished product (without the leaves) 

You can see here I created a vintage look by sanding down the table post paint

All in all I am very pleased with the way my adorable little table turned out!!  Here is the final look (with the leaves) all prepped and ready for bookclub!!