A Touch of Rustic

If you follow along with us you may remember

that we gave our dining room table and hutch

to our Son and DIL.

At the time we didn't use our dining room that much.

Now that we are retired I miss having a dining room table.

When family comes over for dinners the only place to

sit is at our kitchen island which only sits 3.

Time for a new dining room table and new look

for the dining room.

I'm a HUGE fan of Pottery Barn and love browsing
through their catalogs.
The minute my eyes spotted this table it was
love at first sight.

Source: Pottery Barn

It's made from reclaimed pine.

A view of the base of the table.

Source: Pottery Barn 

The only problem with it was the price tag, $2,199.

We are on a fixed income now.

As much as I loved that table there was

no way I was willing to pay that much for just a table.

So what did I do?

Naturally I turned to my Father-in-law.

I found a free plan to build a very similar DIY Pottery Barn inspired
farmhouse table for $100.00 from Shanty2chic.

I asked my father-in-law if he would be able to build it and I would stain it.
He didn't seem to think it would be a problem.

We live 600 miles apart so we brought this table back home in pieces

in the back of our pickup truck.

I wanted to do a couple test pieces with different stain colors
first before I made my final decision.

I ended up choosing Minwax Special Walnut stain.

I applied 2 coats of stain and 2 coats of
Polycrylic on the base of the table.

After I stained all the pieces and applied a Poylcrylic to seal and protect it,

Hubby and I then started assembling it.

The top of the table top received 2 coats of stain
followed by 4 coats of Polycrylic, I wanted a nice hard finish.

Here is our new dining room table that my Father-in-law built

for us from construction lumber.

Yes, I said construction lumber.
It measures 84"L x 40"W x 30"H.

We love all of the variations in color and imperfections.

To say that I am beyond thrilled with my new table

is an understatement! I couldn't be happier.

Hubby and I LOVE THIS TABLE!

My father-in-law did a FANTASTIC job building it!

I got my look-a-like Pottery Barn farmhouse table for 

WAY LESS than the name brand, plus I was able

to choose the color I wanted it to be.

Check back next week and I will share the seating I chose

to go with this farmhouse table.

That's it for this week.

Until Next Time,

Veronica