Farmhouse Table & 12 Chairs for $200

Our daughter just completed two bathroom remodels and she had a little bit left in her decorating budget.   I didn't know if a farmhouse table could be built for $200.....but. why not give it a try!   
 She found a farmhouse table that she liked on Pinterest and with H's help,   they worked up a plan to make one similar to it.    She  bought four 2x12x10's and ten 2x3x8's and one 4x4x10......the cost was about $130 for the lumber.

   

The table she found on Pinterest was only 8 foot long and 3 foot wide..... she needed one 10 foot long and 4 foot wide that would seat a family of 12.     ( 3 adult kids and Kyleigh.,  spouses,   1 grand and one more on the way,   me & H,   and her & Randy.)

Her new table will easily seat 12 and she can squeeze in one more on each end of the table if she needs to.seat 14.  

Melissa,  SIL,  and H decided it would be easier to construct the table inside.   All the cutting was done outside and then the table was put together in the dining room.

Now,   how can we come up with 12 chairs with the $70 left in the budget?    Yard sales of course....lol!

It took about a month to find all of them,   and according to Melissa ....FOREVER.....to get them all painted and cushions made!

I shopped in my stashes and came up with enough fabric to cover all of the chair seats.

When I bought her this chair at a yard sale,  it was covered in a "60,s"  green fabric.    Melissa tried her hand at fabric painting and I thought it turned out really well!

The Hoosier she has in her dining room has a long history......     It originally belonged to me and H.....I bought a new one and gave this one to Melissa,    she bought a piano and needed the space for it,  so she gave the bottom part to her daughter to store things in her garage and gave me back the top (which I put in storage)   She told everyone to give her back "her stuff"   so her it is right back home.....lol! 

The little bistro table in the corner will eventually become the kids table as her family continues to grow.

As you can see from looking at her wall decor,   she loves her family

She has another grouping of family photo's on the entryway wall.....and more in the family room

There is a small room at the end of the dining room that she has a sofa and TV in.

This sofa used to be in the family room and she gave the matching loveseat to her daughter.    It's just a fun place to sit and visit or have a cup of coffee in the morning.    

The coffee bar is in a small area that sits between this room and the kitchen.

While Melissa had the white paint out redoing all those chairs....lol......she decided to slap a little of it on her piano. 

 Her family loves music.....several of them play the sax,   Austin plays the guitar as well as the sax,   Kyleigh plays the sax and is learning how to play the cello and  Melissa plays the piano.   

Before.............................................After

Well,   Melissa has her new farmtable and it came in right on budget!