(Before)
So it's only been 3 months since I last blogged about the dining room table Woo made. It could happen to anyone, right??
Last we saw it, the dining room table looked like this:
Woo cut around the base to allow chairs to scoot in, and shortened the overall height from 48" to 30", which was NOT as easy as it sounds.
I glued an old carpet remnant (that our neighbor graciously gave us) to the bottom to allow for sliding without scratching, and gave the whole thing 3 coats with a water-based polyurethane, which was exactly as easy as it sounds.
And now? Voila!
This table is a VAST improvement on our last table in a couple of ways.
First of all, it's bigger. We can now have a couple of guests over, AND put all the food on the table without it feeling dreadfully cramped.
Secondly, it is much, much sturdier. Penelope has a habit of rocking up and down in her little seat when she's excited, which made water splash out the top of all of our cups. It was a lot of fun and all, but there's no chance of her rocking this baby.
Also, did I mention that this table was FREE --- all FREE???
And now I'll shut up for the next couple of pictures.
I also finally got all the throw pillows I want for the window seat on the other side of the room.
This room is so, so close to being all put together. There are just a couple of things missing -- most notably something on the wall between the two doors.
And I'm now realizing while looking at these pictures that I really should paint the plate behind Woo's new Nest thermostat.
This room's come quite a long ways from this (don't you think?).