a kitchen table
This weekend Adam and I went to the mecca for homeowners that is IKEA. Our primary reason for going there was the above kitchen table and chairs (it will have a 4th chair, but if you’ve ever constructed IKEA furniture, you know it takes awhile and we (and by we I mean mostly Adam) was doing good to get this much put together tonight).
I have dreamed about this table with its disappearing leaf and curvy pedestal with four legs and crisscross chairs with interchangeable cushions for a long time. I think I was subconsciously dreaming of it even before I worked at Country Home, but a year as product editor for “a more modern country” definitely ingrained the charm of a fresh white kitchen in my psyche. In every house we looked at I imagined where the kitchen table would go. I imagine it as the place where we will eat countless meals and make last minute peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Where I will spread out craft projects and white paper for finger painting. The list could go on and on.
I can’t wait to break this table in and as cheesy as it may sound, start making memories around it.