My new table

So this is the prelude to my kitchen post. It gives you a sneak peek into it too. Up until this past Saturday this is the table we had been using. Cute and functional but not nearly big enough for our family. We bought this nook right before Blond Terror was born. It had a bench that went with it but it didn't survive the move. We've been using 2 chairs there instead. The nook is up for sale on craigslist now.

We scored this table at a yard sale. I thought we bought it for $10 but we got it for $15. There was a miscommunication between Firefighter and myself. Either way it was a great deal. We went out with a $15 budget on a new table during P-town's town wide yard sale. We had already begun sanding the top when I had a duh moment and went and grabbed my camera.

I restained the top a darker color and painted the legs an orangy/peach color that I had bought to match the border in the kitchen.


Then we had to figure out what we were going to do for chairs since it didn't come with any. I decided that benches would be a great idea down the sides and use 2 chairs we already have. The chairs had to be restained to match the table top and benches. I picked up an 8ft long pressed pine board at Menards for approximately $14. I cut it in half and stained them for the bench tops.

I used 2x6 scraps that we had from other projects to support the bench a little better and to be used to attach the legs to the bench without having to screw through the top.

For the legs I used scrap 2x4s in the garage along with 4 leftover spindles from the deck. I apparently forgot to photograph this part.


Here is the finished product in my kitchen. We ate at it last night with our entire family present and there was no elbowing or arguing that so and so was too close. It was a little weird sitting so far away from Firefighter but that is ok.
Did I mention that the only thing Firefighter helped me do was sand it? I did everything else by myself :).