This is What I'm Craving for my Dining Room

About a year ago I stumbled into Mecox Gardens.  Having just developed an interest in interior decorating, I'd never been told of this beautiful mecca of home decor.  I think for the first two minutes I just stood in the doorway taking it all in.  Everywhere my eyes landed was something gorgeous that made my heart thump- I want. I want. I want. As I began to make my way around the store I noticed the price tags.  Sweet pajamas, I could not afford so much as a pillow there.  One of the first things I saw was this big metal table.  I remember I thought it was so weird...who wants a metal table?  But then I kept thinking about it and going back to peek at it.  So unusual.  So unique.  So industrial.  So gorgeous!  So....holy smokes, so expensive.  I'm pretty sure this remarkable table was around $5000.  Gasp.  I went home defeated, yet I couldn't stop thinking about this table.  The tag on it said it was a zinc top trestle table, so off to the googles I went.  And search after search brought me back to the beloved blogs that I read day after day to gather interior design inspiration for my own home.  They know about this table!!  In fact, it appeared that I was the only one who didn't.

Brook Giannetti's Sunroom from Velvet & Linen

 Image via My Notting Hill

My favorite find was the sweet blogger Linsey Lewis Hasenbank from LLH Designs.  She apparently went through the same thing I did at Mecox (but I think she got to keep hers..so jealous!).  Here are some views of her new zinc table.

Surely by now you're in one of three camps: 1) Lauren, I hate that! 2) Lauren, that's pretty but way too casual for a dining room table.  3) Lauren, YOU MUST HAVE THAT IMMEDIATELY.  

Okay, so here's my exciting news for those of you in group 3.  I have spent the last year hunting though thrift stores, antique stores, and consignment stores looking for a table on which the crafty Tom can add a zinc top, and I found one yesterday!!  I'm so very excited about this possibility.  I'm seeing crisp white wing chairs at the ends, mismatched whitewashed frenchy chairs on one side, and a long bench upholstered in something bright (blue, natch) on the other.  

Please, let me know what you think!  Let me know which group you fall into, do you hate this?  Do you love this?  Are you scrambling for your checkbook right now because you feel so strongly I should have this?

Baylor says...

Baylor loves to turn everything into nicknames these days.  Specifically, most things are 'ydoos'. "Croc-ydoos!" "Quack-ydoos!" Many things are 'zers': "Shoe-zers! Three-zers!"  Two is so fun and I know it just gets better and better.  I look forward to every day...it's amazing how children make you feel that way.