I have a new hobby....wood work! Well, it's not a new hobby but a reawakened hobby. I love it! It's so exciting and so fun. And the smell of freshly cut wood is...awwww....so great!! This is my most recent little project. Actually it's not that little. It's HUGE!!!!! I am making a new kitchen table. We honestly don't have a reason to give up our current 4 person table because it suits our family just perfectly. But, we kinda like having friends over and with only one extra seat it makes for some interesting seating arrangements.
And I wanted to get a table a little lower to the ground. Our counter height table and chairs are an ongoing challenge for Lincoln to climb. He has almost done it a couple of times and that's a long way back to the floor...scary for mom-adventurous for a little climber.
So I planned it all out...items list, cut list, miscellaneous things...my brain was fried. It would be a whole heck of a lot easier if wood was actually cut to the dimensions they are listed at...a 2x4 really isn't that-it is slightly smaller and involves fractions. Good thing I took math :)
I got the table pretty much put together in about 3 hours and then we searched for chairs. Yuck! That was definitely the hardest part so far. I knew I wanted solid chairs that would last with the table but the only thing we could find were the flimsy, cheap, fake wood kind of chairs. And then we found the perfect ones. They are from a restaurant that closed near by and we got a steal....chairs- $30, wood for table- $68 (give or take a few cents), finishing stuff...on it's way! Not too bad for a super solid table and chairs! Where can you get a n awesome table set for around $100? I can't wait to finish it and see how it turns out.
Power tools....I love 'em.
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