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Hubs, Lyla and I have been living without a dining room table for quite some time now because I’m too picky to just settle for a store bought one. Yup, we’ve been eating on the couch or sitting at our coffee table EVERY night and it’s sure to have gotten quite old, real fast. I had my “dream table” in mind and I was not going to settle! I ran across a picture of a dining room table on Pinterest via Creaturecomfortsblog.com and I fell in love with it instantly! It was “THE one”. Ez {writer on creaturecomfortsblog} made this table for her home and made it beautifully I might add! I couldn’t resist how amazing of a job she did… I had to have it! I ran it by hubs and he was all in as well sooo we packed up our little lady and drove right to our favorite place… Menards. Using Ez’s instructions we were able to create this table for our home! So excited to share the process with you! Check it out…

Items Needed:

Five 2×8 boards cut to 6 ft length
One 1×4×12 board cut into four {3 ft pieces}
Sander
Sand paper
2 inch Wood Screws {I would suggest approx. 24 screws}
Drill
Paintbrush
Sealer {Minwax-clear satin}
Stain color {we used the color “sunbleached oil-based” by Varathane}
Vika Lerberg Trestle Legs from IKEA
You will also need some sort of a sawhorse or raised work surface that can get messy when sanding and staining.

1. Start by cutting each of your boards to the correct length. {FIVE 2×8 boards cut to 6 ft and ONE 1x4x12 board cut into FOUR pieces.}

2. Now it is time to sand away! {Be sure to sand ALL sides of the boards so the stain and sealer will take correctly to the board.}

3. Once the boards are sanded, stain each side of the boards. {We used 2 coats of stain per board.}

4. After the boards have dried, lay out all five of the 2×8 boards side by side and place the four 3 ft pieces on top, spacing approx. 1 ft apart.

5. Attach your wood screws directly through the 3 ft boards to hold them in place. {We used five wood screws per 3 ft board.}

6. Once the top of the table is completely attached, drill two holes through the tops of both of the ikea trestle legs & attach to your table using wood screws.

7. Now set your table upright {you’ll def want to have two people for this} and boom! Admire your finished product!

I’m beyond pleased with the results!! My husband was AMAZING through this project and did the majority on his own. I was more or less his side kick with this.

Also, if you are wondering where we got the chairs, we also purchased those at IKEA. {LOVE that place!} Click HERE to see the price of the chairs.

It was so fun being able to sit at our new table tonight and not having to eat on the couch! Yay!

It’s Monday?….already? The weekend went by too fast but I say bring on the Monday madness {dark circles under eyes and hot chocolate in hand…let’s go}!

Along with all the fun festivities that occurred this weekend, Jake and I watched “The Avengers” {yes, I am a closet nerd}. At first I was just trying to be the “cool” wife and be all pumped for a superhero movie but then I actually got excited for it! Surprisingly it was a very entertaining movie too and….confession = I ~~liked~~ loved it! If you haven’t seen it yet I would definitely recommend you give it a chance.

Alright, yadda yadda yadda. Let’s go on…

In the making of re-decorating our living room we realized we were in need of a coffee table {more or less something you can prop your feet up on but can duel as a coffee table}. Being the overly frugal DIY-er I am I suggested using pallets for our coffee table. The hubs was all in! He even mentioned that he could bring some pallets home from his work {perfect!}. He brought them home the next day and we scurried out to get some paint and wheels for this new beauty.

It just so happened to be amazingly gorgeous out so we cranked up a little “Of Monsters and Men” and painted the pallets outside. I got on my DIY high and beasted it out {okay, well with a great deal of help from Jake }. Once all was painted we nailed the two pallets together and added the wheels to the bottom aaaaaand boom….new coffee table for under $25. You can’t beat that! Threw on a little decorations and here we are….