BUILDING A DINING TABLE?!?

I enjoy creating things. Whether it is painting, ceramics, drawing, building, makeup, crafting or decorating; nothing gives me quite the thrill of completing a project and knowing that I made THAT! (whatever “that” might be)

As I have mentioned before, my husband and I are newlyweds! (We are going on 7 months now!!) This means for us that we have quite a bit of hand-me-down furniture which we are very thankful for …..but that "we" (mostly me…my husband doesn't care about decorating) want to slowly replace with things that are more our style.

So what am I working on now?! I built a Dining room table!! You might be asking yourself why I decided to tackle this project.

I'll start by saying that my husband is an EXTREME saver. I LOVE this about him… but that typically means that I have to bargain shop to find the things I "want" and don't "need." This isn't a big deal because I LOVE
bargain shopping, but dining room tables are EXPENSIVE, especially if you want quality. So naturally I decided to build one!

 I got the idea from a blog. (No big surprise there!) Which blog? Stylizimo…and you can find the post right here.

I loved the look of this table and how easy it would be to make. I mean, I have never built a piece of furniture before… so convincing my husband that I could make this was a little easier with this simple design.

I did alter it a little though because I wanted the stain on the table top to be a dark espresso color.

I will be doing a separate blog post to go more step by step on how I built the table but here is a sneak peak of the finished product!

I would definitely give this a try if you are looking for a table or desk and want more of a beginner's project!

Let me know what you think!