the table that dale built

{photo credit: me}

ya'll. this table is changing my life. well, my living room. it's definitely changing my living room. it is the greatest thing to happen to our apartment since we stopped sitting on camping chairs and got a real couch. 

let me introduce you to the most awesome spool table ever designed by my step-dad dale. dale is a combination handy man/structure creator/urban scavenger. a lot of people are one of those things. even less are two. it takes someone very special to be all three. 

i'm not lying when i say that every time i go home to visit my parents, a new something has appeared in our yard. a birdhouse made out of a cowboy hat and bread box. a wheel of some sort propped against a tree. the man just likes to create. can't stop it.

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he is always very generous with his creations. he likes to make and then he likes to give away. he is very sweet. most of the time i kindly decline not because they aren't cool and unique but because we simply have little to no room in our teeny tiny apartment for much else.

however, my roommate and i were in the market for a new living room table. after he made a similar version for our family's living room and one as a present for a friend, i decided that, yes, i would like one too, please.

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one month and a whitewashed construction spool turned side table later, and i am officially falling in love with our living room. and i was not the least bit in love with it before. i kind of hated it.

{photo credit: me}

our living room is making changes for the better. i'm so proud of you, sweet baby living room. keep trekking. you're gonna make it after all.

thank you, dale! it is perfect!

to anyone interested, dale will build you your very own spool table for the low, low price of $350.