I love adding rustic pine touches to my transitional decor and always have, so when the reclaimed pine trestle tables became popular, I was all over it. The Restoration Hardware table is beautiful, but too pricey for my budget, plus I like a darker stain on my furniture.

So I started hunting for something with good bones on CL. I chanced upon a Bennington Pine trestle table for $200. When we bought it, it had the dark stain you see with a shellac clear coat. It was already pretty beat up, being 30+ years old and never refinished, but we took sandpaper to it and are thrilled with the result. Four hours of sweat equity and a vision were all it took to have the table I dreamed of. It's extremely solid, too, with almost no wiggle (impressive for a trestle).

What do you all think? We already had the parson's chairs, another CL find. I think they match nicely. The best thing about this table is we don't have to worry about scratching it--it's already there :-).
{{!gwi}}From New dining room table
{{!gwi}}From New dining room table