Pumpkin Mania + Fall Home Tour

This post is action packed.  Seriously.

First up, it's time for Pumpkin Mania.  I'm teaming up with a fabulous group of bloggers for a pumpkin themed party.  We'll each be sharing a pumpkin project next week.  I'd better get to crafting!

I also think you need to get to crafting!  We'd love for you to show us your pumpkin project on October 11th when we're hosting the Pumpkin Mania link party!  More info next week but we wanted to give you some time to jump on that pumpkin project! (Anything pumpkin will fly!)

Next, I've been invited to join another group of ladies for a blogger home tour series, based on a "fresh and modern spin"on Fall. We were asked to think of fresh ideas - not your basic Fall decor.  Being part of this tour is exciting and terrifying at the same time beings I have approximately two Fall items in my house right now.  I have some fun work ahead of me!  Be sure to check out the tours from the hosts today!

1 – Kristen and Lindsay. 2 – Sarah from Sarah M. Dorsey Designs 3 – Gabbi from Retro Ranch Reno 4 – Brittany from Brittany Makes 5 – Jesse from Scout & Nimble 6 – Julia from Cuckoo 4 Design 7 – Carolyn from Sweet Chaos Home 8 – Jennifer from The Chronicles of Home 9 – Bethany from Dwellings by Devore 10 – Carmel from Our Fifth House 11 – Kristin from The Hunted Interior 12 – Annekke from This That & Life 13 – Michelle from Decor and the Dog 14 – Cassie from Primitive & Proper 15 – Ally from From the Right Bank 16 – Shannon from Shannon Berrey Designs 17 – Danika from Gorgeous Shiny Things 18 – Kristin from Bliss at Home 19 – Jenna from Rain on a Tin Roof 20 – Jessica from Dear Emmeline 21 – Kelly from View Along the Way 22 – Sarah from Lacquer and Linen 23 – Eileen from A Creative Day Blog 24 – Sarah from Royal Marigold 25 – Lori from Lori May Interiors 26 – Jennifer from Dimples and Tangles 27 – Caitlin from Desert Domicile 28 – Sherry from Design Indulgence 29 – Lakeitha from Lakeitha Duncan Lifestyle Blog 30 – Shavonda from A Home Full of Color and Whitney from The Curtis Casa. 31 – Angela from Number Fifty-three and Jennifer from Brave New Home.

I need a nap.

Wanted: Good Looking Legs

Nate and I've been on the hunt for some good looking legs. 

Curvy.  Interesting. Substantial.  Full of character.  You know, characteristics that a lot of people want in their dining room table legs. 

We both agreed that we wanted big ol' curvy legs for our eight foot long dining room table.   Simple, boring legs weren't going to cut it.

We started our search at our local big box stores.  We knew shipping on legs would probably be expensive so we wanted to try to avoid that if possible.  We went to every store in our area that we could think that would carry table legs.

We ended up purchasing the legs on the right from Lowe's at $23 per leg. 

They were the only legs locally that came close to what we were looking for.  The price was right. The only problem was that they were 35 inches tall (counter height) versus 30 inches (table height).   Nate thought we could make it work.  (We were pretty much desperate at this point.)  We got them home and started to plan out the table.  Nate couldn't cut from the top and I didn't really want to lose the detail at the bottom.  We decided to not just "make it work" and returned them.

We did some on-line searching and came across some plans from Ana White that included the most beautiful table legs known to man.   These dream legs are the husky dining table legs from Osborne Wood Products.

via Osborne Wood Products

The legs of our dreams, however ,came with a husky price tag at $54 per leg (plus $50 shipping).  (Well, it seemed husky at the time.  After comparing many other chunky legs, we soon realized that these giant stems were a pretty decent deal. )

But we're cheap.  Did we really want to spend $250 on table legs?   

We sat on it.  We hemmed and hawed.  We both kept going to back to the husky beauties. 

We priced other eight foot farmhouse tables and they averaged around $1200 in price.   We only needed to purchase an additional $30 in materials to finish this table (because we had some free barn wood siting in our garage.)  We decided that the $250 was worth it to build the dining table we both really wanted.  

We had a pleasant ordering experience from Osborne Wood Products.  Their customer service e-mailed after our purchase to make sure we found everything we were looking for.  The legs arrived quickly.  They called after delivery to make sure we were happy with our order.  We'd 100% order from them again.

Who knew finding the right set of legs would be such a challenge but end so well?

The things that excite us as DIYing adults! 

Osborne Wood Products doesn't know about our blog so it's safe to say we were not compensated in any way for this post.  We just wanted to assist others that might be in the market for some husky legs.

Who's a fan of big, chunky legs?  We prefers super skinny ones?  Who has never thought about table legs in their life until today? 

Relaxing Vacations and Other Awesome Things

Happy Friday!  I hope you all have big plans for the weekend. 

We plan to spend the weekend:

Sleeping in.   Well, Ike will want up at 5:00am only so he can snuggle in bed with me.  He's so cute that I can't complain.

Eating all things pumpkin.   I made these muffins last weekend. I will make them again this weekend.  And the next.  And the next.

Finishing up my craft from last night's craft night.  Do you all have a craft night group?  I highly recommend getting one.   You can't have mine though because I love them all.  Except they are sort of making me want a squishy baby because all of their squishy babies are so cute.  Someone talk some sense into me! Melissa? Amanda?  Help!

I also have a Sew Midwestern quilt order to finish up.  This quilt is puppy dog themed and Ike thinks it's his.  He will be sad when it gets shipped off. I do, however, have a dog bed plan for him (finally) so hopefully I can keep the peace.

Nate is going to be busy starting on our new dining room table with big ol' chunky legs.  We are both equally as excited about this.  Weird things are happening. 

Today I am also sharing our favorite relaxing vacation destinations over at Attempts at Domestication.  Who couldn't use some beach photos to get them through Friday?

If you're bored, you can check out my craft room over at Apartment Therapy.  They are having a color contest.  Voting ends today.  I was recently discussing entering your home photos on other sites.  I recommend to enter everything and have a short memory.  You'll be excited a month later when they select your craft room! 

Speaking of bloggers entering their rooms, check out this post over at CNN sharing some of my blog favorites  (Boxy Colonial, Bliss at Home, View Along the Way, Shift Ctrl Art)!

Girl with focus issues out. 

Happy weekend!