My Farmhouse Table

I have wanted a farmhouse table for the longest time!

And, I wanted my son to build it. 

After about a million hints (actually they were more like requests) it sunk in that I was serious about wanting a new table. 

So, for Christmas 2013, my husband gave me a gift card to Lowe's to buy what we needed to build the table.

It didn't happen until August, but my table was finally built!

I lucked up on some legs that I wanted to use at an antique store. Then I had plenty of money on the gift card to buy everything else so my son, John, could get to work!

He started by building a frame for the top of the table and attaching it to the legs...

I wanted the table to be long and skinny, so it measures a little over 7 feet long and 29 inches wide.

Next, John added supports across the frame...

Then he added 4 boards to create the top...

I then took a belt sander to the edges to round the corners and rough up the edges to make it look old.

Then we flipped it upside down onto the kitchen counter work station and stained the base of the table...

I added crackle medium is a few random areas...

and, then I painted the base of the table with milk paint from The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company in the color barn red...

I went over the base with a dark wax to tone it down and then stained the top...

In a couple of places on the top,

I used my fingers and wiped on a little of the milk paint...

It took awhile for me to get my farmhouse table,

but it was worth the wait!

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