DIY FARM TABLE

I had hubby build me a farm table!  Yay!  One night last week I asked him if he thought it was possible.  The following day he was doing research on how much he thought it would cost and the next thing you know, we're on our way to Home Depot to pick up all the supplies

We scoured the internet for farm table plans and found that ana-white.com had the best plans.  We kinda used one of her plans but then hubby tweeked it, see his scribbles in the above image.  It's a very basic table, nothing  fancy to it which is probably what farm families built at the turn of the century.  They just needed to get a table up for their large families  That's the way I wanted it too,  simple and rustic.

When I got home from my volunteer job at the shop hubby was more than half way done with the table.  I got so excited, it was turning out really well, he was doing a good job!  Please note:  Hubby works in his jammies - don't judge ;)

I helped him turn it upside down and set it on top of our smaller table so that he can work on the bottom.  Once he was done, I went ahead and rubbed on some wood conditioner.

Once the conditioner dried (in about 15 minutes) I went ahead and gave it two coats of stain (ACE - Jocabean).  I love dark wood!!

Once we turned the table right side up,  I immediately started staining and realized later after the fact that I forgot to apply the wood conditioner first.  Ugh!!!  So the conditioner is supposed to make the wood easily absorb the stain and allow it to distribute evenly without any blotches.  So when I  applied the stain, I applied it slowly and carefully and wiped the excess immediately to prevent any o blotches from building up - whew!!

Two coats of stain later with some drying time and voila!!  Here she is!  Didn't it turn out absolutely wonderful??  I am ecstatic and thrilled with it.  I love the way these pictures came only because it was in the morning when the sun was shining through the deck doors.

Now that I have a larger table, I need to find some matching chairs

You won't believe it but this table cost less than $150!!  We already had the stain so that saved us a few pennies but other than that, hubby had to buy everything else.  It took us a week from start (shopping at HD) to finish to build this table. 

He is now building another for the shop and if it sells, he'll just make another one.  He doesn't mind, as long as he's physically able he'll be more than thrilled to keep on building more.

My dining room is my next focus since I've basically ignored it from the rest of the rooms in the house.  I will be painting and possibly adding wainscoting or bead board, hopefully by September.

So, if you've been wanting a farm table, it's so easy to build one.  If hubby and I can do it, so can you!

Until next time,

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