WARNING! Very long post with lots of pictures about my newest pride and joy!!!

So, what does a girl do to pass the time in the YEAR that she's waiting for her little girl to come home?


Well, I'll tell you.

One of the things I wanted in my home before Flor came home was a table. I want us to be able to sit down and eat dinner every night as a family. On a limited budget, I couldn't just go out and buy a dining room set, could I? No. So, I get this idea from something my stepmom and sister-in-law did. MOSAICS!!! And who better to ask for help than the best ceramic tile man in the world: DADDY!

The first step was getting a table. I looked for weeks and weeks at yard sales, online, and in the papar. But no luck. One Sunday, I came home from shopping for a table, when daddy called saying he had found a table at the 400,000,000-ish mile long yard sale from Gadsden to McMinnville. A lady had her stuff on the table to sale when he asked her if she would sale it.

He bought it for $20!!! I had to sand down the table top and legs, and clear a few cobwebs from underneath. Then I had to put it together and bolt the two sections together so it wouldn't shift when being moved. We can't have cracked grout!!

The next step was getting the tile. Luckily, I know a guy who has some tile in storage. ;) I found some colors I liked so I brought them home and broke them up, ruining a towel in the process, and layed them out on the table. Can you believe this was my first design!! I decided to stick with it.

In the meantime, I found these chairs on Craigslist.com, and fell in love. I went just to look at them, and ended up fitting all four in my tiny car that day!! I love the detail on the chair backs and front legs. (those cushions are a different story)

I finally got the stuff to stick the tile to the table, and just needed daddy to come help me grout it. Which happened last Sunday and I went yesterday to buy the paint to finish off the table and the fabric to cover the chairs...

Grouted table.

Covered chairs: I covered each one a different color to match each color tile on the table. Painted legs.

It is amazing how little I spent on this table. I think it turned out perfectly. Just as I imagined it. Now all I need is one little girl to sit here with me!! Oh, y su papa tambien!!