Made From Scratch

I'm not sure if I've ever gone into detail about one of the special wedding gifts we got from when we got married back in September. Of course we got a lot of wonderful gifts but this one is extra special because my dad made it for us. Is 'from scratch' the appropriate term here? By hand? Handmade? I think of cupcakes when I say from scratch but that's what I'm trying to say. Anyways, my dad knew we needed a 'real' coffee table since we were using an old trunk and he had looked over some from Pottery Barn that he knew I liked, but the almost thousand dolla price tag made us both cringe. So I guess one day he just decided he could make one. And it's great. 

The planks of the shelf came from salvaged wood from an old church. They were used to kneel on during prayer in the pew. The metal top came from my uncle who works in metal. It's super heavy and just rests over the wood base. 

I am in love with the metal top because as we've used it (even in just the last few months) it's showed how it's going to age in some spots. There's some parts that are scratchy and some parts that are smooth.

And it's huge. And heavy. Like I can stand on it. Not that I stand on tables. But if I wanted to I could.

 The shelf underneath is great for a small basket that holds controllers and our laptops.

I just wanted to share this with you guys because I love it and I love that my dad made it. We were actually talking about our 'big' furniture pieces the other day and realized that we only have one piece (our console table from Target) that is store bought and new. Others have either been around since we were real young or since my mom was real young or previously owned or handmade by either my dad, my pops, or B and his dad. I think that's pretty cool.