Do Ya'll Like My New Table? Before and After, and French Chairs and 23 year old boys...

I found this cool old table on Craig's list, and decided to give it a try. I was worried that it would be too big, but it actually isn't too big at all. Mr. FracturedFairyTale and I drove out into the country to pick it up, and the cicadas were so loud, it made my ears ring. It was crazy! I have never ever heard anything like it! Of course it wouldn't fit in my car, so we tied it to the roof, and off we went...

Here it is before...

Ok, here's something you should never do, sand a table WITHOUT WEARING A MASK! I was congested for days, what a dummy... I mean, i thought most of the dust would just sit on top of the table... uhhhh ... no... I'll probably develop some central nervous system disorder from inhaling whatever it was on that table, because i was too impatient to cover my nose...

Ok, so most every peice of furniture in my house is from the thrift store or from dumpster diving, or craig's list or was like $12.99 from TJ Maxx. Sooooo, here are some chairs that i spent actual real live money more than $50.00 for. And here is what happened the first time my very sweet, clueless 23 yo son sat on one of them without pulling it away from the table, because it is waaaaaay to hard to pull a chair out from the table before you sit in it...

ready???

GAAAAHHH!

Finally... here is a wide view of my living - dining - kitchen (sorta) area with my new table... Just because wide views are tricky to get, and it's fun to see the whole perspective thingy... You know, i really don't think my house is that great or anything, but thanks to Jennifer at The Old Painted Cottage, it is soooooo much better than it was... I had such a hodge podge of cool "stuff" but no direction, or cohesiveness... now things actually kind of go together!

see that chair, i'm finally going to be able to get slipcovers for it soon! I'm so excited!