Remember how I mentioned we adopted this beauty from my mom-in-law?
It's been in her family for many, many years, but needed a little TLC. Justin tightened and adjusted all of the hardware and I sanded off most of the layers of finish. I couldn't bring myself to strip it entirely--it just felt like I would be erasing too much history. So it doesn't have an entirely smooth finish on top, but I like the character of all the dings and scratches.
My mom found these two chairs at an antique store in Billings.
Here are the main table pieces sanded down, thanks to my trusty sander.
All primed and ready for a face lift.
Ta-Daa! I'm very pleased with how it turned out. The color I chose was called "Phantom Mist" and I liked it because it wasn't black, black. Of course, it looks brown in these pictures. After it got two coats of paint, I roughed up the edges with sand paper, and then put on a couple of coats of polyacrylic. It cured for a week in the garage.
The bench is also from an antique store in Billings, and I love it. It's great for the boys. I plan to get a few more mismatched chairs.
Some of our favorite fall pictures from years past...can you believe the boys were no bigger than pumpkins just a few short years ago?!
The plan for the table is to use it for homework, art projects, work, etc., since we do very little formal dining. I have more plans for this room, but for now we're really enjoying the table. Jacoby is reading and finishing up homework in this pic.
Our front porch. I have a thing for burlap right now, but the banner always makes me smile.
In other news, Morgan went on a parent-free field trip to a farm with his preschool class today. They took very good care of him--I breathed a sigh of relief when they arrived back at school. Morgan rear-ended a parked truck while riding his bike this weekend. He's very lucky to not be missing any teeth but does have quite an ouchy on his lip. I finished up a huge printing project for the board meeting today (which kept me from going on the field trip). Justin is turning in what will hopefully be the last version of his dissertation proposal and hopes to defend it next month. Jacoby is doing really, really well in school. We're so thankful, and I think I might be finally coming out of the funk I've been in with public school. Maybe. I'm doing a snack activity for Jacoby's class Halloween party next week. It's allowed me to connect with another parent whose child has a wheat/gluten allergy, which is great.
Happy fall everyone!
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