Table and Chairs

This is probably the most anticipated post for me ever. It has taken a lot to get to this point because I started this project when I sold our old kitchen table and bought a crappy new one. (I don't think Ryan will ever let me live that down.) I spent several months trying to decide what color to paint it and how I wanted to do it. My main inspiration was from these chairs at Anthropologie that my sister-in-law has. It took many many nap times, lots of trial and error, and tons of patience trying to ignore my kids to finish the table and four chairs. (I have four more chairs in the garage.)

Here are the chairs from Anthropologie. FYI: I did the whole project (table, chairs, paint..etc.) for less than what ONE of these chairs cost.



Some of my yellow inspiration.


And finally, my table and chairs.




I'd just like to thank a few people: Ryan's aunt for giving me tons of tips on painting, my dad for loaning me his sander (which I burned out the motor), my dad again for gluing and replacing broken dowels and spindles, and Ryan for putting up with having nothing to eat at for weeks. (The girls loved it though, lots of space to ride their bikes around.)

Here's the before picture.