Update: Dining Room Table

 Last weekend was a really busy and wonderful weekend for us. My husband's parents came down for a visit. We had a wonderful time with them. After their visit, we decided to get started on the table. We built it in one day. I can’t believe it went together so fast. Granted, we did miscalculate on the frame and had to redo that part but other than that it was a breeze. Basically, the hubs built it and I made it pretty. Instead of boring you with a lot of text, I’m just going to let the pics do the talking (for the most part). Enjoy! 

The correct frame...I have all these pictures of each step we did to build this but it was for the miscalculated frame and I'd rather not show that one ;)

It's a pretty good size table 6ft by 4 ft. (ignore the mess surrounding the table)

I had to rough it up a bit and give it some character. 

Staining...see the difference. 

Just look at all that detail. *swoon*

I even got the legs to be just how I wanted them...not how I planned on doing it. I had researched this technique to "antique" the legs...I was all set to do it, then I dropped my staining rag and it hit one of the legs. As I pulled it off I realized it had left a little of the stain on the leg. It looked awesome (in my opinion) so I took the rag and rubbed it along the frame. Presto! I got exactly the look I was going for and it took literally 60 seconds to do. 

Pretty hands, huh? Advice: When staining you will get the stain on your hands (hopefully not as much as me, try not to be jealous) it happens. It does not come off with soap and water though. Ryan googled it for me and found that veggie oil helps. Worked like a charm. So when staining if you get some on you, just wash off with veggie oil.

GLOSS! We wanted this baby to shine! 

The finished product...kind of. We're still glossing it. We've got about 2 more coats to go. Isn't it lovely? Now we just need to get to work on the chairs and do something about that horrible Texas Orange on the walls...ick. (BOOMER SOONER)

{BONUS} 

I worked on a side project during the table construction this weekend: The Growth Chart! I've been wanting to make one of these for months now. I made myself a goal that it had to be completed for my son's first birthday so that I could measure him then. I saw it originally on TipJunkie and it immediately when on my project list. 

We bought a 1in thick 6 ft x 8 in board from lowes for $6 and a can of stain for $6. My husband helped me measure and mark the board. After we had the marks made I printed the outline of the numbers. I then began tracing the numbers onto the board. I laid a newspaper under my numbers and traced along the outline with a ballpoint pen and using a lot of pressure. The ink from the newspaper transfered perfectly. I used a black permanent marker to fill in the numbers and marks.

Then sanded the edges a little to removed the sharpness and stained it.

It was a very fast project and really easy! I absolutely love it and can't wait to get little man's measurements on it next Wednesday.