Gather round — Our new table!

It may be old fashioned, but JT and both grew up eating dinner around the table with the family every night. It was hallmark of our childhoods and is something we still do every night and want to continue to doing well into the future.

Our first dinning room table was a handme down—ok, so all the furniture we had when we got married were handme downs, which was fine, but we finally saved enough to replace it—Yay!!

Then beganthe shopping and learning and comparing. We had replaced other pieces of our furniture before this, but nothing that would be quite so permanent and central to our lives. I mean, we will eventually replace our couches, but this table we will have  for almost the rest of our live AND we will use it every day.

Who knew there were some any choices when picking out a table? I'm a decisive person, but you when throw 10 different wood types, 20 different stains, 30 different chair styles, edge finishes, and too many different table styles to mention you have one overwhelmed girl. Luckily, we took our time, did our research, visited Redekers (those of you in Iowa know that this is THE best furniture store), and came out with the perfect table that will last us forever.

Its a pedestal table which we love because you don't get boxed in with legs, plus the pedestal has supports that remind us of a barn. The top is called a Pioneer top and we chose Hickory as the wood with a medium to dark finish. Add six window-pane style chairs with lumbar support and you have our table. Let the dinner guest arrive!