Farmhouse Style Round Pedestal Table

We are really casual around this house and sadly have been eating at the counter for the last few years. {hangs head in shame} With the new baby we have 5 in the family and only room for 4 counter stools. I decided I better get to it and make a table that will fit us all and then we can eat like civilized people. 🙂 I spotted the RH Bastide round table and fell in love with the curvy detail and used that as the inspiration for my table. I changed the look a bit and added some ‘chunk’ on the base. This DIY French farmhouse style pedestal table is 48″ round and 30″ tall and built from simple lumber from Home Depot (2×8’s, 2×6’s, 2×4’s etc).

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Buffalo Check Holiday Tablescape

Hi and welcome to the DIY’ers 2016 Holiday Tablescape Tour, thanks for stopping by!

A DIY’ers tour wouldn’t be complete without a few DIY home decor projects for a holiday table. I just built a 48″ round table for my kitchen and I couldn’t wait to deck it out for Christmas breakfast.

One of my favorite features of the table is the super chunky pedestal base. The whole table was built with simple lumber from Home Depot.

We are usually very casual around here, our nice plates are the Corelle plates with the blue flowers from the 80’s! I decided it was high time to get some holiday tableware.

I found these cute red and black buffalo check plates at Hobby Lobby. Since they are a little lumberjack-ish I decided to make a little pine tree forest! The green napkins are folded in a pine tree napkin shape. The buffalo check plates needed a charger against the brown table, so I cut 13″ chargers from scrap 3/16″ plywood. I painted the chargers white and added a black pinstripe to match with the coordinating holiday tableware.

I couldn’t pass up the festive bowls,

and serving platter. On Christmas morning it will be filled with yummy cinnamon rolls.

My Christmas table centerpiece starts with this fun DIY rustic lantern, you can check out the tutorial here (this is the small lantern). To keep with the pine tree theme, I added a 1 foot tall miniature Christmas tree in the center, lit with battery LED lights. A few miniature trees and pine cones adorn the lantern.

I also tried the lantern filled with a wood stump and candles. Help me decide, which look is cuter? Tree or candles?

Do you like to decorate your table for the holidays? You’ll want to check out the rest of the Holiday Tablescape Tour for more ideas!

The first stop on this tour is at Jessica’s Decor Adventures, make sure to swing by and check out her cute tablescape.

Head on over to Jillians’s at I Am a Homemaker, you’ll love her tablescape!

Decor Adventures
Her Toolbelt
I Am a Homemaker
Pretty Handy Girl
Remodelando la Casa
Sawdust 2 Stitches
Stacy Risenmay
That’s My Letter

Enjoy the rest of the tour!

DIY Wood Reindeer

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Welcome to Day 8 of the 13 Days of a Woodworker Christmas!

This year I built a fun DIY Wood Santa Sleigh for my front porch, but what is a sleigh without a reindeer to pull it??? I really like the shape of this wood deer (that is no longer available). My DIY wood reindeer follows that same basic shape with some changes.

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DIY Santa Sleigh

“Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Clause, right down Santa Claus lane…”

Welcome guests with a DIY Santa Sleigh “that’s filled with toys for boys and girls again”.

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This fun DIY Santa sleigh is made from a sheet of 3/4″ plywood and a 1×3 board. You’ll need to dust off your jigsaw to cut out all of the pieces, don’t worry there is a free printable template for the sleigh. It makes a great DIY Christmas decoration and/or a photo prop for the kiddies!

I put pre-lit present decorations in my sleigh and it puts off a cheery glow at night.

How will you finish your DIY Santa Sleigh? The body of my sleigh is painted in Rustoleum Apple Red, trim is Rustoleum Metallic Gold and the runners are in Decoart Chalky Finish Carbon. I cheated with the gold pin stripe and used gold glitter washi tape!

You can grab the FREE printable pattern along with the step by step tutorial on Ryobi Nation.

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If you want to add some reindeer to your sleigh, grab the free printable pattern here.