Kristin's next project, following the teepee, was a kitchen table. I had no interest in this venture. I just didn't think our kitchen could fit a table with chairs. We spent an entire morning shopping around for a kitchen cart that would be just the right size, and not 200+ dollars. It ended up to be a huge waste of time. We couldn't find anything meeting our needed specifications.
When we got home Kristin remembered an old table that was left to us by Flora, the previous resident of 1818 East Webster Street. It is a Sellers table from 1941. Pretty cool table. It has inserts that pull out to expand the top so it is pretty convenient for our small kitchen. A little larger than we wanted but we decided to make it work. It was in okay condition, the top is enamel and after a good scrub looked great. The metal legs were rusty so we had to sand and spray paint those. We had to sand, prime and paint the wood sides - good thing we had a long weekend to work on it.
I have to admit that I was wrong...yep, in writing. Of course, I still find Kristin's giant list of projects annoying, but the table fits pretty nice in the kitchen and so far the kids are much better eaters without all the distractions in the playroom. There are not many options for placement in the kitchen but after a few tries we seem to have found the one that works best. After some googling we are very lucky that our table just has the red trim - it seems that most of these tables from the '40s have an evergreen motif or a multi-colored diamond pattern. That would have been a deal breaker.
 |
| Not quite right yet |
 |
| We do have another restaurant style highchair for Cole. We are going to take off the lap bar so he can easily climb in and out |
 |
| We also plan to get a rug for underneath to center it more in the room |
 |
Henry is thrilled to be at the table and not shoved in a corner of the playroom
|
No comments:
Post a Comment