How was your weekend? Nate and I were busy kids. That’s what the old dude at the hardware store called us anyways. I’m going with it.
We put the finishing touches on our outdoor patio table that Nate built last weekend. We enlisted the help of Nate’s parents to help us carry it from the garage. Our patio now has a table and my car can go back in the garage. Double win.
This patio has been neglected for the 4 years that we have lived in the house. We were holding off until we figured out how we wanted to use the space. We are also cheap. We aren’t done with the patio yet but we now have a good start. We’ll probably finish the rest in another four years. We don’t want to rush things.
Nate and I both liked this table. Unfortunately $2000 wasn’t exactly in our outdoor budget range. Or our indoor budget range for that matter. We were having a hard time shelling out hundreds of dollars (let alone thousands) for furniture that would end up eventually being covered in bird poo and insect guts.
Nate thought he could build a similar table. I said go for it. $150 and a few hours later, we had ourselves an outdoor table.
I found the outdoor chairs for $8/chair at a local antique store. $220 isn’t exactly pocket change but we’re happy with it beings that we have a heavy/sturdy outdoor table with seating for eight.
Ike hasn’t been down to check out the table but he appeared to approve from his perch in the living room.
We’ll be back on Wednesday with a tutorial on how to make the table. In the mean time, I have to continue to make the neighbors question why I’m setting a table for a fake dinner party outside. We were actually going to use this setup yesterday until the gnats carried me back into the house. You think I’m joking. They are that bad. Guess they dig the new outdoor table too.
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What an awesome table. Love it with your thrifted folding chairs.You busy kids did a fabulous job ;)
ReplyDeleteWere your ears ringing at all these past couple of weekends? We made a Patio table too last weekend. Although your scored big with those chairs, I was not as lucky so this weekend was a continuation of 'building' {benches} for our new table.
ReplyDeleteI love it. I love the dark stain too. A little time and some elbow grease totally beats paying 2K for a table!
It's beautiful! I love the stain you went with better than the DWR one.
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome. Substantial legs, very nice. Looks heavy! Maybe you can whip up a cover for it to keep off the dead gnats and bird poo.
ReplyDeleteIt's just gorgeous - I wouldn't mind having that in my dining room it's that beautiful !!!
ReplyDeleteAnd those chairs are just perfect
Beautiful job
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Love that table!!! Looks great!! xo Kristin
ReplyDeleteyou should inclose the patio then that will keep out the bugs.ang
ReplyDeleteHOLY CRAP! it's amazing!!! come build me one when we are neighbors, ok?
ReplyDeleteLove the table and those chairs were an awesome find! Time to grill out, eh? :)
ReplyDeleteNice! And for $220? That's a steal. Let all of us know when you plan to host your first al fresco blogger dinner party. I'll bring dessert.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'll bring wine.
DeleteI like this plan. I'll just show up. ;)
DeleteLove the table! And I really love how you styled it. :) Makes me think "dinner parties"!
ReplyDeleteI love the table and those chairs! What a deal. We don't like being outside either especially at night!
ReplyDeleteyou guys are amazing. and those chairs - I still can't believe you got them for 8 bucks each. WOW.
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Love it love it!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! Maybe Nate should reconsider this whole "accounting" thing... ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love how it came out! When you post the tutorial, please make sure to include how good or bad it will turn out if you have a corner-cutting, shortcut-taking husband who will try every sneaky trick he can think of to make it only take like 30 minutes to pull together ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love it! It's gorgeous! And I'm super jealous of your chairs! I want some like that! I've been trying to convince Jesse to build a table for our patio, but he wants to buy one at the end of summer when they're on sale. Lame.
ReplyDeleteSERIOUSLY AMAZING AND I'M YELLING AS A RESULT. Your hubby needs an award for furniture building. I love this so very much and want to recreate it at our next house.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, I love how the chairs cleaned up. I didn't realize that you bought 8 - I was thinking four. What a wonderful area for a dinner party. Did you seriously have 8 people over last night? My invite? Lost in the mail?
In other news, the gnats. HATE THEM. They are such a pain. I also have a fly infestation in my house.
That's one substantial table.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, now I need plans, because that would be perfect for the cabin we haven't built.
Ah! Can this be any more awesome?! No. The answer is no. Can I send Mr. FSL to Iowa for a few weeks for carpentry bootcamp with Nate? You can show me how to keep a neat and clean kitchen? I'll pay you :P
ReplyDeleteYou guys are SUCH rockstars! Seriously. I'm so envious of your skills! :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing!! Nate did a wonderful job on the table and congrats on scoring those awesome chairs. What a beautiful space to entertain and enjoy the outdoors. You guys rock!
ReplyDeleteIt's freaking beautiful! You kids definitely are busy ; )
ReplyDeleteObviously you just need to invite your neighbors over for dinner.
ReplyDeleteThe table looks awesome! Go busy kids!
This is as beautiful as Kate Middleton. I love it so good. I'm excited for the tut. I was just looking at ballard design catalog at their outdoor furniture. And I was like, FREAKING OUT at how expensive their outdoor couch was. And Aaron, Matt and Karl were like "cool." And I was like "HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HOW RIDICULOUS THIS IS! IT IS AN OUTSIDE COUCH FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND IT WILL GET RAINED ON!" And they were like, "kenz. get over it." And then the next day, I found my catalog in the trash can.
ReplyDeletegreat job!!! its so fun to build something and save a bundle and you love the look just as much if not better too. i also love that you set your table for fake guests. its fine. we get it.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Nicely done Nate. I think $220 is a great deal for that amount of furniture. Looking forward to the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThe same birds at my house must live at yours too.
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It turned out awesome! Great job Nate! And the new chairs are perfect =)
ReplyDeleteLooks fantastic and it's huge, I love it!
ReplyDeleteI love it - and will eagerly await the tutorial! I often wonder what my neighbors must think when I'm doing similar things such as staging something outdoors for absolutely no one, then taking a million photos of it :)
ReplyDeleteLove this table! Thanks for stopping by today! Look forward to following along and seeing what you do next! :) Have a good one!
ReplyDeleteThat is impressive. Nice job. I love how the chairs look with it.
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love the outdoor patio designs. I will recreate and incorporate some design for my own patio. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI was looking to get a backyard patio set at my house. I wanted a company that was affordable, but would also do a really great job. A friend of mine suggested that i check out EP Henry at Roxbury. I was very impressed with the work they did. Were able to have great parties outside all summer. Thanks for posting.
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