Farmhouse Table

Many of you know that ever since we started building our house, the one piece of furniture I have coveted is a big, beautiful, simple, farmhouse table ... one big enough for at least 8 people. Alas, economics have prevented us from purchasing such a table, and we have until now, settled for our tiny pine table - barely big enough for four. That is until this came into our lives:

Here's the story: I came home from work one day to find an old, ugly, yet interesting table on my porch. Roger's friend, George, had been cleaning out a shed for the school district and called Roger to see if he wanted these tables. If he didn't, they were going to be crushed and thrown in the dumpster. Gage and Roger went to take a look and hauled it back to our place. It didn't look like much at the time, but after a little sanding, we discovered the beautiful oak underneath the paint.

Gage proceeded to spend the next three days restoring this gorgeous table. It couldn't be more perfect for our house if we had built it to fit! We hosted our first dinner on it last weekend. It comfortably sat our five guest, plus us ... AND we were able to put the food on the table! Imagine! I don't know how we got so fortunate, but I'm thanking our lucky stars for our table.

My resourceful husband ... and yes, this time that is sweat. As Kalo would say, he's "a hard workin' man!".

Now the hunt is on for more chairs ...