Category: Barnwood

We watch way too much HGTV. How do I know this? Well, besides seeing all sorts of great ideas that we put into our new house, I’ve shopped Magnolia Market.

I’ve been known to say, “Teamwork makes the dream work.”

And most recently the Old Man told his sister and niece that they weren’t going to get anymore peeks at the dining table until it’s done because he wants to do his own “great reveal”.

So these are the last few pictures until it’s done.

The next time you’ll see this table it will be done and hopefully sitting in its permanent home surrounded by the family that loves it.

The Old Man has started making a barnwood dining table for our niece. It began as a surprise for her, but he needed input on what kind of finish she’d like best.

On the one he made for our house, he just barely knocked down the really rough spots. I wanted as much original character in it as possible and I absolutely love it. But I also don’t have little ones around all the time that might make a rough table surface impractical.

To get her opinion on what she wanted the finished piece to look like he made a test piece of one of the boards and finished it in three ways. He left part of it in its almost raw state, gave part of it a medium sanding, and gave the rest a good sanding. She chose the medium sanding to smooth it out but still keep a lot of the character.

And now that that decision has been made, he can kick it into high gear getting additional structural components ready.

And planing the boards to a uniform depth for a nice, even surface.

And tomorrow, assembly begins.