The Modern Farm Table

via Woman's Day Specials Remodeling Makeovers Magazine

as anyone else noticed this table popping up all over the place.?? The Modern Farm Table...I might have one myself for the back porch....



True to form I FOUND this on the side of the road right around the corner....you just never know what you might find on the side of the road...and I am surely not afraid to make a fool out of myself getting it in the car.

My Black Laquered soon to be stripped Modern Farm Table. Notice it has already started being stripped.
I put in on the porch to see if it would fit, and I think it will work.  Will have to find new chairs

I am not the type to let something like this go....I mean even if I can't use it....I mean it is a handmade, hand signed, (a little plaque on the leg with a signature) PARSON's Table.  Even if I only use it outside in the garage.  I tried to lift it myself, but this baby was heavy!   I rushed home, screeched to a stop, thankfully he was in the yard, grabbed my husband and said "TABLE" get in the car.  (in our neighborhood, things don't sit on the side of the road for long, I have missed out on things, just by going home to get my car before!) He knows me pretty well, and if he didn't help me, there would probably be scratches all over the back of my SUV from me trying with all of my might, before I dragged it around the block. (when I get my mind set on something, by hook or by crook, I am going to have it...but in this instance I have no idea how I would have gotten this home without him:))

The table has been sitting in the garage, partially stripped, and now it is coming to life.  This is my project of the week...hopefully I will get it done...and we will have something to replace the awful patio stuff on the porch right now. (ie a table that goes with those aweful chairs...which might just need slipcovers)

via designsponge  I can't wait to set my table, these Modern chairs are the perfect juxtoposition.
Isn't that a pretty runner?

e15′s Bigfoot table

via DecorPad (Viva Terra)

Hopefully I will have the finished version by this weekend.  Bye for now...I have stripper that needs to be reapplyed:)

No Air Conditioning...

We were without AC for 24 hours...THE HORROR!!!!  The porch was the only place that took the edge off (when 95 degrees feels cool you know you are in trouble.)  I call our porch the front porch off the back, b/c it looks like what I wanted just off the back...which really is better, more privacy.  I can't wait to make my way out to the porch in terms of design.  But it will do for now....gotta get the inside finished first.  But it works, and made me really happy we added it in our renovation.

This is our house in May set up for a birthday celebration.  Less than a month after moving in so please disregard lack of grass, landscaping, and bit of mess.  B/C it could have looked like THIS...

Before the porch...we are making progress, no??? (BTW: before we moved in)

There is nothing better than a good Southern Porch... here is a little inspiration...I am definitely closer than I was before...

via Velvet and Linen  Brooke Gianetti's home before they enclosed the porch.  Looks a little similar to ours...
Can't wait for grass!

via Tartanscot

via coastal living

 

via coastal living crisp white makes it feel cooler...wonder if the was taken in 110 degree heat??

via martha stewart  Love the farmhouse picnic.   thinking 4th of July??

via southern living  We have a blue ceiling too! 

BTW: the AC was fixed and we have now retreated inside. Makes you appreciate the AC.  Lifes Luxeries