New to us

For a while now I have been asking The Lovely Husband for a new dining room table. I went online and start pricing them and was blown away at the price! Really?! I thought that it was going to be a while before I got my new table.

Then came the garage clean-out and reorganization. The Lovely Husband was asking me what we could get rid of and what we were going to keep when I noticed the old table that we had been given a couple years ago that we had used as a desk/sewing table. The picture below shows how the table used to look. It had this somewhat nice golden stain color but was kinda ashy. 

(Obviously my son needed to be extremely close to the computer screen)

I knew this was the table I wanted to use for our dining room but it was kinda beat up and not in that shabby chic good way. I asked The Lovely Husband if he thought that it could be refinished. He said he would see what he could do.

Well a lot of sanding, new stain and a couple coats of semi gloss poly later this is what it looks like now.

(Honestly these pictures don't do this table justice.)

Isn't it just amazing? I love the color, it is this gorgeous shade of golden red. For only the cost of the stain and the poly finish I got a new dining room table. All I need now are some new chairs that The Lovely Husband can finish to match the table, oh and a really neat centerpiece. Anyone have any good ideas? And since we have stain and poly finish left The Lovely Husband is refinishing his dresser.


See there was no need to drop a lot of money on a table from the store. Check out a thrift store, Goodwill, local garage sale, etc. Find one that is the correct size and shape and spend a weekend refinishing it. I guarantee that you will value it more than something purchase from a store. I know I do!

And we're back.........

Why yes it has been a long time since I last blogged. I had a plan to blog at least once a week; well you know what they say about best laid plans. And that is what happened; life put me in its crosshairs and gave me its best shot. 

But now that I have the time I am getting back at this blog. Much progress has been made on our purge and organization front.

• The garage is almost done. We went through everything and were very critical with everything. One trip has already been made to Goodwill with one more trip in the works. Some of the stuff has been given to a few people at the office were The Lovely Husband works and the rest that we kept has been put up in the attic. Just need to re-arrange up there. We have mapped out where the chest freezer and extra fridge will be going and have made sure that the electrical in the garage can handle it.
• My recipe organization is taking longer than I first guessed it would. I have now located all of my loose paper recipes that I had lying around the house and boy do I have a ton. The transcribing is going to take longer than I thought but if I can get a few done each day than I count that as a win.
• Progress has been made on the closets. The main part has been going through boxes of paper, sorting them, getting rid of the garbage and filing what is left.
• Our landlord has painted both of the kids’ bedrooms and has hung all new doors throughout the townhouse. Our bedroom is next to be painted but first there is some water damage that needs to be repaired in the closet.

And there you are now all caught up with that front. On other fronts I have only 2 more semesters left in school. Come this fall both boys will be in school.

I can’t promise how often I will be able to blog, but I will do my best. I will be doing posts about the continued purging and organizing, posts about what I am doing to help better manage my household, fun that we have as a family, and so forth.