Reclaimed Wood Trestle Table

 Over the past 18 months Brett has been in and out of many old barns in the area taking out large beams of wood.  I posted last year some pictures of his finds, but now I can show what this beautiful wood has turned into.  

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Here he is working on the center of our new table - this was a huge beam of quarter sawn White Oak that is about 300-350 years old.   It had origionally been used as a wood workers workbench in a barn that was erected 1849.  He built a router sled to plane it.  American Chestnut beams were used as sideboards and breadboards to trim out the table. Also the pedestals and stretcher board were made with this same wood.

Finally, the finished product was brought into our home.  It weighs about 400 pounds.  The table top is 3 inches thick with a length of 86 inches and width of 34 inches.  

As soon as my table was finished he started on one for my parents, 

for their 40th Anniversary that they celebrated this month. 

This is the barn that their beams, all American Chestnut, were retrieved from.  

This table design used 5 boards for the width which were trimmed out with breadboards.  

Here is the table before it was crated and mailed to Atlanta - it made our house smell like a wood shop - such a wonderful natural smell.

Christmas Show and First Lost Tooth

Brenna had her Kindergarten Christmas Show this week.  The kids were so cute… all dressed up singing a mixture of classic Christmas songs and some new funny ones.  She had so much fun up on stage and we could see her laughing and smiling the whole time.  

 Later that night - still with her deer antlers on - she lost her first tooth.  She was finally brave enough to give it a bit of a twist - and out it came.

Glasses For Joshua

Look where we ended up this month - his very first eye exam!

  Josh had been telling us that he was having a harder and harder time seeing the smart board so we figured it was time for a "real" exam.  Sure enough, he definitely needed some glasses.  He had fun picking out frames and has been pretty amazed at how much better he can see.

Putt-Putt With Mom

A few weeks ago I took Matthew out for a mommy/son afternoon.  His choice was Putt Putt or Miniature Golf - whatever you want to call it.  We started out keeping score (sort of) but mostly had a few good laughs and lots of "mom let me just try that hole over again".  

Afterwards I treated him to an authentic - the Best in Buffalo - Johns Chicken Finger Sub (hot with the works..blue cheese and onions) - nothing is quite the same as that sandwich!