Let's Eat!

Finding the perfect dining room table was essential for us since we love to entertain. And the search had left us with lofty dreams of one day being able to afford one of the large rustic dining room tables that grace the pages of Pottery Barn -- like this or this. But alas, we are not the type of people who could ever throw down $1,500 on a table. So we perserveared and kept looking.

There is a small furniture shop less than a mile from my office that specializes in handmade furniture from places such as India. It's called Nadeau -- for anyone that is within driving distance to one, I suggest you hurry along and get to one. Now.

Last Thursday evening I got an email from them saying they had just received a new shipment of farmhouse style furniture. Score. Little did I know our future dining table would be awaiting my arrival the next morning. I wandered through the store and found some gorgeous dining room tables, but all of them were a bit too large and a tad more than I wanted to spend. Until I found the perfect table hiding under some other furniture. She was perfect, big and rustic, but with some more formal features. And, the price was just right! So I snapped this photo and texted David.

Our hidden treasure at the store.

Now, there is something that you should know about me. I don't like to buy anything furniture/decor that over $50 without asking David if he likes it. So, after a minute or two of texting and talking we decided this table was going to be ours.

Thanks to some transportation assistance from a friend/co-worker (the Jeep was 12 inches too short), we got the table home the next day.

Our new table :) 

Now, doesn't she look a lot like this table from Pottery Barn?

Summer Dining Table by Pottery Barn

Glad you agree. Anyway, now that we had purchased this fabulous new table it was time to search for the perfect chairs. Not such an easy task -- since when did dining chairs get so expensive? We needed 6 chairs and the ones we liked were going to cost between $100-200 each. No. Thank. You.

So, to my trusty friend Craig (aka Craigslist) I turned. I figured finding chairs we liked for the price we were willing to pay was going to take at least a month or two. Well, fate had different plans and we found someone who was selling 6 Pier1 seagrass chairs (we were debating between seagrass and linen upholstery). Needless to say we didn't think twice and emailed the seller right away. Fortunately we beat the slew of other inquirers that followed us and we picked them up the next afternoon for only $60 a piece.

Please excuse the quality of this photo. New one coming soon.

At first we weren't too sure about getting light seagrass chairs, but we plan on putting darker hardwood floors throughout the house within the next year. And with dark floors, dark chairs, and a dark table it would just look so...dark. Plus we will be painting the walls a different color soon, so the lighter chairs will be much better in the long run. (Don't worry, we will be staining the legs darker this weekend to match the table.)

Now, who want's to come over for dinner?!