day 43 - Home Inprovement

We haven't owned our home very long so as you know it is always a work in progress to get things the way you want. The house was pretty run down when we bought it and dirty. We wanted to buy a house that wouldn't be to large since the kids are all gone. It is fine when just the two of us but when company would come the kitchen drove me nuts!


The kitchen is long and narrow, the table in this picture is round and could expand to oval when you put the leaf in. But then you couldn't move and you better have everything out of the oven cause you could not open the door.
So I needed a table that would be more functional all the time. I love to watch the home improvement shows to get ideas. I had seen one where they put in an eating nook to give the illusion of more space. So that is what we did too, I looked online to find one I liked as I didn't care for the country style that I had seen. I found this one that is more contemporary and with being able to assemble it yourself you save around $300.00 over buying it in a furniture store.




I love it, and it does just what I wanted it to do!! When we have the kids home with the grandchildren it worked great.