THE FARM TABLE!!!

Well... here i sit at our BRAND NEW FARM TABLE!!

i was joking with mike the other night... i said "every man in america must HATE pinterest!"  he quipped back with "my buddies are gonna call to ask if i watched ND game and i'm gonna say 'no, i was too busy doing pinterest projects with my wife!!' "  deep down, i know he loves it!

so... how did we get to this FARM TABLE?  well... mike and i have been living in our home for the past 2 years with three of our children- lexi, brady, and brittin.  that makes FIVE of us!  this past april, my daughter sireana and granddaughter azria moved in with us!!  this makes for a very happy laurie!  however, our table for SIX did not accommodate our now family of SEVEN!  so the mission began!  get a table that sits EIGHT!! 

i had a vision... fueled by my obsession with pinterest!!  a FARM TABLE!!!   i NEEDED one!!  i wanted it to look distressed... old... like the one on "The Walton's"!!  they were a happy family!! 

so... i did lots of internet searching... found several tables we liked... printed lots of plans/directions... sent mike to Lowe's for wood... and after a mere 8 hours... mike and my father-in-law had whipped up this:  okay.... that didn't go as planned!!!!  i really wanted the picture BELOW!!!  sooo.... look up!!

HOW did we do it??  i'm hoping mike will be a sweetie and help me blog some specifics on how this massive 84" baby was made... but i can give a few details!!

 this is the FINISHED, in the kitchen product!!!

 this is a close up of the FINISHED "distressing"

  this is a close up of the "painted" table

  this is the table after the "watered down wash"

  table making... a family project!  our son brady

  mike LOOKS confused! 

  this is the raw tabletop in the workshop

  bench in the workshop

she's made out of pine... she is 84" long... we have three chairs on one side and one at each end.  mike also made a 72" bench that seats three to four people.  he designed the bench to be able to slide under the table while we aren't using it... i love him for that!! 

how we got the "old worn" look... annie sloan chalk paint!  it's a miracle!!  the legs are painted in "old white" and the tops are painted in "coco".  we did a watered down wash because our wood was "raw"... then painted the table... then distressed the table using sandpaper... then we dark waxed the table and bench twice.  we did a final clear wax for super protection. 

WHAT IF YOU WANT A GONSER MADE FARM TABLE and you don't have a super handy husband or the desire to make one???? if you live in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, or Illinois,  you're in luck!!!  mike WILL build custom farm tables!!  if you are interested in more information, please email us at:  thegonsers@gmail.com