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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Not Your Average Barn Wood Table - It's a BARBLE!

No, no. What you are about to see is NOT your average hand made barn wood table with salvaged wood. We had to knock down a freaking wall for this baby! You can not move it, it's stationary... so it's kind of like a breakfast bar... but it's our table.... thus we call it our "barble". Since the sunroom is sunken, as in you gotta step down from this side into the next room, one side is kitchen chair height and the other side is bar height. Yes, we eat all of our meals at the "barble", I love our barble, and let me share with you how this "barble" all went down!

First, we had to take a wall down. But only half way! I wanted the wall to be table height so that the bottom half of the wall would be the base. Follow me? My electrical engineer hubby did not. For a long time. Trying to get my vision into his "logical" head so he could execute the plan almost caused world war III in our marriage. I exaggerate. But just a little. Thankfully, my Dad can get inside my head a little better... and it turned out almost just as I had envisioned!

So here is what is standing between the eating area and the "sunroom" where I want to eat as a happy little family. Not just a wall, but a big ugly paneled closet. For the sake of making a long story short, I'm going to keep it at that.

BIG. DUSTY. DISASTER.

Okay so now we are getting the wall down to where I want it. It's time to go look for some long boards to use for my table (barble) top.

Dad and I take a measuring tape and go on a hunt around the property. Our property has a load of outbuildings to wander through. The first place we find some good boards is on the floor in the back of a rotting part of the barn. No worries, we cleaned off all the old animal poo real good like. :)

Then we took a couple from the top of this old work bench....

And to keep from boring you, I'll just say a few other places as well until we had enough!

They were all cut to the same length, and bless my Dad's heart, he put them all in his pick up truck and carted them back to Iowa where he could sand them and put them all together with wood glue and screws. Then on his next trip to visit us, he brought it back to secure on to the "half wall".

There were several knot holes in the wood that we could see were going to be a pain if food spilled, etc. Even though I know my perfect children would never spill a glass of milk or slop spaghetti sauce, we decided to do something about it. So my resourceful mama had a great idea and filled them with wood filler and then using a sharpie, drew lines consistent with a knot and stained them. You can never tell by looking at the table top it was done with a Sharpie!

My wonderful mom also put about seven coats of polyurethane on the wood. I think I took a couple turns actually. She really should get the Bomb Dot Com Mom of the Year award.

So as you can see, there is a step down into the sunroom side. Oh my word, old people do not ever see this. My grandparents came for a visit and Grandma did a somersault right over the edge. And then five minutes later, Grandpa did too. Good thing they're both short and non-fragile! So we have barstools on the one side, and benches on the other. Since someone will inevitably ask, the adjustable height barstools came from Target.

You want to see what this picture above looked like last year?! Oh brace yourself real good....

How about a few more pretty pictures to end on? :)

I'm still not sure what to do with that trim piece on the end - paint it white or stain it?!!

Help!

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Happy 29th (again) Birthday To Me

So my sweet hubby surprised me and whisked me off to a quaint little town not from from us for my birthday. Marshall, Michigan is a historical little haven of fun antique shops, beautiful old homes, and an old fashioned pharmacy. I didn't know where we were headed until we pulled into the parking lot. We love exploring old bed and breakfasts and experiencing the quaint corners of old towns. Holiday Inns have their place in our lives too - don't get me wrong! But with Grandma watching the kids for the night, we were off to enjoy a quiet evening at the oldest operating Inn in Michigan, The National House Inn Bed and Breakfast. Thought maybe some of you would enjoy some of the pictures from the inside of this historic old Inn.

This old newspaper stand was the first thing to catch my eye.

I felt like we were stepping back in time while we checked in at the front desk (pictured).

I was quite envious of the rustic exposed beams!

This is one of the sixteen inviting and cozy rooms at the Inn. This wasn't actually the room we slept in, but I peeked in and it was SO warm and cozy and inviting I almost crawled in the bed for a nap! (I've been reading Goldilocks and The Three Bears about five times a day this week, and didn't want to wake up to any Grizzlies so I refrained).

I love Valentine's Day so all the valentine's decor was really a delight!

Wonderful rustic old trunk serving as a coffee table in one of the parlors.

I passed by this little door at least once without even realizing what the little room was! A place to make private phone calls. I wonder how often it gets used in this day of cell phones however.... :)

One of the neatest parts of our little get away was meeting another couple that was staying there. It was also her birthday today - her 83rd! And we were both from the same town in Iowa - Cedar Falls! Pretty neat. We chatted a bit over a delicious home cooked breakfast. Cheese omelets and big, fluffy waffles served with cherries and whipped topping. It's been ten hours and I'm still full!

Since Tim bought "The Perfect Package", it included a meal at the famous Schuler's Restaurant and Pub. It was like stepping back in time. I felt like I should have had on an evening gown, but thankfully, the other diners were dressed in similar attire to me. We had soup, salad, rolls, their famous spreadable cheddar cheese and crackers, prime rib, steamed veggies and potatoes, and topped it off with Baked Alaska. I had never had Baked Alaska before and I. AM. IN. LOVE.

I can't believe I ate the whole thing. Oh, and beverage was also included (not alcohol) and if you know me, I took advantage of that one because I'm generally too cheap to order anything but water! I've consumed enough calories in a 15 hour period of time to last me until next week! WOW. Was great to get to sleep in a little too this morning before heading back to the kiddos. Funny how it's so nice to have a break from the munchkins but you spend most of your away time thinking about them! When we got home at 11:00 this morning (Hubs had to head back to work), I was surprised to find Tobin home from school. He's got a fever and sore throat. And so goes life.... :) Thanks, Honey, for making birthdays much more bearable!! It's good to be 29 again.

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