Barn Wood Seat

Brrr! We started our first day of November

very chilly and I LOVE it!

I woke up to 35* this morning and promptly

got the fireplace lit. 

I love this weather!

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As you know, we are huge advocates of using 

someone else's throw-away's, 

re-cycling, up-cycling and making 

something new with something old. 

Some day I will go through our home and 

take pictures and give the history of

all the things that we have used to make our house, 

our home, with cast-offs.

Today I'm going to share our newest project:

A new window seat with 200 year old barn wood.

I purchased this barn wood when it was attached 

to an apron and legs.

It served as our formal dining table in our rental

 but since we only have one

dining room in our current home, 

we didn't have a need for another table.

We both agreed we did not want to sell it.

Since the top was the only element of the table that was old,

we decided to dismantle it, salvaging all parts, to use for another project.

The lore of this wood goes as:

 It was taken from an old barn in Massachusetts

by a friends father. He then railroaded it to 

California where her husband

constructed several Farmhouse tables to sell.

I had to have one.

Who would have guessed this wood would 

almost make it back to where it came from...

just a wee bit more South. 

I have always wanted a window seat in the (this) kitchen and

my Mr. wanted to put a couple of cozy chairs in there.

I didn't quite want the kitchen to feel like a keeping room

so I never said 'okay'.

After finishing the flooring and base, it came time

to bring it up again.

He didn't say anything, walked away, 

came back from the basement with our barn wood.

Fabulous!

I will have some pillows made for some coziness

but it is perfect and exactly what I wanted. 

I love the saw marks in it and the rustic feel

it gives my French kitchen.

We talk about maybe selling after we are done with the house

and buying a house with land.

If that ever happens, I hope the new owners know how 

much love we put into making this house a home. 

But then again, we will probably 

change our minds about that too.