THE TABLE!

THE table has arrived! (Do you remember the first item in my "kitchen overhauling" project, which I designed in early march? Yes, that one.) It actually arrived before the holy week, but I never had the time to take pictures, as summer events that came one after the other! At last, things subsided, now I can share how my project went! Before anything else, let me show you our OLD coffee table:

BEFORE

It looks fine and harmless, but not if it's also your dining table (Yeeeeah, I can't believe Lou and I were able to bear this!) - while eating, we had to slouch and open our legs a bit so we can move the table closer, because obviously it's too low and it had no space under for our knees .

And the storage below started to annoy me - it's not enough for our dining needs, and stuff keep on falling when I over-push another item at the other side! Even Lou who used to love this (as his old TV stand, originally) finally thought that the table's already the most stressful thing at home, therefore it's time to let it go. And so we did! And we got this...

AFTER

A customized, wider and taller, tile-topped dining-slash-coffee table where we can eat comfortably with our knees under the table, AND a shelf at the same time, where we can organize more kitchen stuff!

I love the tiles! We chose and bought them ourselves from Wilcon Depot so that we don't have to describe them using googled pegs. These are actually 6 pcs of 1ft x 1ft mosaic tiles, and NOT hundreds of small tiles. Cool isn't it? I find this part really classy, and practical at the same time - Now I don't have to worry about wood stains from too hot/cold/acidic liquids!



Another thing I love is how it's too customized and precise that our bench can be neatly kept under it when it's not being used. This gives me extra floor space for my yoga sessions!



The only downside of this design is that (like our old coffee table...) you can sit only at one side of the table ...Which is fine for now because this spot was never a formal dining area to begin with. It's a den and dining place in one, where Lou and I always eat next to each other, while facing the TV. When we really have to use the other side (when we have guests, for example) we just put the sofa on the other side, then that's it - an instant party setup!

This was made by the same guy who did our captain's bed. Aaaah, I really love outsourcing things like this, because I get to customize our furnitures based on the extraordinary space saving needs of our petite home! And we also get to save money in a way, because his works are way better than the flimsy ones in departments stores! And the bonus - this guy never runs out of creative and practical ideas. Last time, he suggested the "treasure chest" for our bed, then this time, he made the table child friendly by making the corners rounded! (that one is actually for us. I can't count the number of times I bruised myself from the sharp corners of our old table!)

BTW. You must be wondering where our sofa went. I'll save that story for the next interior design- related post! Also, I'm sharing the shelf's contents some other time. Did you notice I didn't post a clear front view of it??? coz that part's still too disorganized. haha!