Prairie Inspiration Table

A few weeks back I got my copy of Fifi's book , Romantic Prairie Style , I love this book there are so many inspiring photos and lifestyles.Anyway on pages 132 and 134 there are pictures of this farm table.

I fell in love with it the minute I saw it , I did some looking around and came to the conclusion that there wasn't one that I could afford in my area.


So then I thought , "I have and old door in the garage , Maybe I can make a table out of that ."

Well being an old door it wasn't flat so I thought I could get a piece of Plexiglas to put on top to have a smooth surface to eat from. When I called the local glass place for a price check on a piece of Plexiglas to fit they told me it would be $86. and change for it , OK that's more than I wanted to pay for just the table top , I am living on Social Security, I have to be frugal !
So I decided to just get boards and make the whole dang thing.

Here it is in the painting stage , I didn't think to take pictures while I was putting it together,( I was to busy cussing at the screwdriver and saws ).

Once I got it in the house to paint things went smoother.





Of course I had to manhandle it some to get it turned over to paint the bottom. ( because I'm to impatient to wait for someone to come help me.)








So here she is , all done !












I am thrilled with how it turned out.













Go back up and look at those pictures again .




Not to bad for an old girl , huh ?










Just in time for Easter dinner !





If I'm not to late I'm going to link this up with.

http://www.whisperwoodcottage.com/2012/03/talent-scouting-party-open-call-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+whisperwoodcottage+%28WhisperWood+Cottage%29

Faded Charm and White Wednesday.

Miss Mustard Seed 's Furniture Feature Friday .

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home .

And
Best DIY Project for the month of April

At

Beneath MY Heart

One other thing !

I am slowly creeping up on 100 followers , and I am thinking about a giveaway.

I was thinking, tell me if you like this idea.

That I would do a black and white portrait drawing from a photo that the winner would send me.

It could be an old photo of your grandmother ,or one yourself or one of your children or grandchild.Whom ever you like. Do you like that idea ?

Let me know !


OH ! almost forgot , I'm going to paint a couple of these chairs , and remove a couple of the other ones to go with the table , I like the mismatched chairs better . I'll keep you updated.