for your viewing pleasure...

our new table and refurbished chairs!!

yes, these are our old chairs painted black and reupholstered. don't they look fabulous?? (you do have to see them in person to fully appreciate the look. once again my camera skills are lacking)

the original plan was to refinish the table as well. but shortly into the project larry discovered that it just wasn't going to work. so we set off with a really small budget to see what we could find. i didn't think we would be able to find anything for the amount of money we were willing to spend but then surprise! someone was having a sale and there was our beautiful table for the exact amount we had agreed on.

i absolutely love it! and it's already broken in. two days after we got it, the boys had their rifles out. larry walked away to grab something, brendan picked his up scratching the table in the process. at first i was very sad. but then remembered the time i scratched the middle c ivory on the piano because i didn't want to practice. now everytime i play i see that scratch. it's become part of the piano's character. so now my table has character courtesy of my son ;)