My sister and I tend to trade furniture pieces back and forth. For some odd reason, we possess the same kind of penchant for wanting to change things up with a somewhat advanced degree of frequency. Naturally, it's less expensive - well free in fact -  to shop your sister's house than to buy new. Our husbands don't quite understand this, but do they need to?  Free is free. Right? I have owned a really solid oak kitchen table for nearly 15 years. Originally the table had a kind of an 80's orange stain, but over the years I have...

Look at this photo. Isn't it just stunning? This lovely table is absolutely beautiful in such a graceful and exquisite way. Piano keys sweetly nestled just below the crystal clear overlay.  I spotted this on one of my favorite blogs Repurposed for Life - lot's of great upcycling ideas to be found there. However, since I'm on a bit of a table trot these days I came across it and just fell in melodious love. Instructions on building this beauty can be found here: Lovely Piano Table. Somebody make one - please - and send me pics. It might inspire me to...