FEATURED!!

Hop over to Better After and see our Kitchen Table redo, have to admit I'm a bit giddy about being featured! ;)

A table Re-do

 We've had this table for 6 years but for 20+ years before that it was my family kitchen/dining room table.  Birthday's were celebrated around it, friends &  family gather by it's side, homework and tutors made their mark, and memories were made.  When we were "gifted" the table it was a back up, with plans to get something we liked within some time.  As a newly married couple we had hopes of new dining sets, espresso finishes, modern lines, and something that screamed us.  Little did we know that "us" was something that could not be determined within in the first year of our marriage (as we are noticing with other first year purchases) and "us" didn't have any money when we first got married.  So a free table won and we welcomed it with open arms.

Last weekend after months, no years of browsing stores and catalogs we decided to take the table into our own hands.  We've found our style and more so - I've stopped rejecting my roots as a girl who loves herself some distressed pieces that look like they've spent years in a farm house or were rescued from a barn.  I grew up in the midwest and I can't deny those county decorating roots - now we try to steer clear from powder blue & mauve and you won't find forest green in our home unless it's Christmas but we enjoy some french country style.

When I saw this table & chair set I knew that it was speaking to me and my kitchen.

I'm a sucker for barn red anyway, so the chairs (and cabinet) drew me in.  I also have a weakness for not being "matchy matchy" so this set played to that affinity too!  I showed it to the mister and we set out to create our own, much cheaper, PB kitchen set.

 Very similar, right??  We'll work on our letter chandelier later (hahaa) & the plates aren't far from hanging on the wall oh and I'm gonna need to be on the look out for a rug  like that (that doesn't cost a gazillion $$ :)

 yup, these pictures aren't so great - I need to take others, maybe she just wasn't up for the photo shoot

All "falled up" and no place to go ;)

Let's just say we gave our table a face-lift & it looks 30 years older :)  The years of pencil pushing, silverware sliding, craft creating, and homework happening around this table gave it just the distressed look we were going for and we couldn't be happier with the way it turned out!!

Hang a verse....

Probably could of come up with a more catchy title but I don't have one.  I made some cute wall plaques for some friends tonight and love them!  They were super easy and I love the fact that they can be personalized with a verse that is fitting for that person.

Care to see a closer look...

How about one of these for family, friends, or a favorite teacher during this holiday season?