What can you do with 200 year old Lancaster County Pennsylvania barn beams?
Eat on them!
As part of my Farmhouse Kitchen Facelift a new table came to live at StoneGable. Handmade by Jason at LOST IN THE COUNTRY RUSTICS, Ronks Pa, this 54 inch round table is a perfect fit for StoneGable's new Farmhouse look.
I have not posted my kitchen reveal yet... there is still touch up painting, drapery to be hung after the painting and I am still waiting for a few pieces of furniture to come in. Reveal will be coming soon. Thanks for being patient!
I have not posted my kitchen reveal yet... there is still touch up painting, drapery to be hung after the painting and I am still waiting for a few pieces of furniture to come in. Reveal will be coming soon. Thanks for being patient!
The yellow pine barn beams were hand hewn and stained in "Early American". Because the wood is approximately 200 years old it is VERY hard. Full of character, the wood shows many signs of weathering and age. I am enamoured with the idea of recycling a 200 year old piece of Lancaster history and giving it a new life and purpose! My table has an old soul!
The base is a stout hand stained distressed pedestal. It's heft allows for the 2 leaves that can be added when extended family gathers.
The chairs compliment the table, but aren't to matchy-matchy. The black is lightly distressed here and there. The chair backs look like entwined arms... at least to me! I am not sure if I want to cover their seats. I might like to try my hand at a drop cloth pleated seat cover. I'll let this idea simmer for awhile. I like to live with something... to let it get comfortable in it's surroundings before changing it.
The table is set for a buffet. An antique wooden tool box, a gift from Bobby, is perfect for corralling dishes. Bobby used this as my Easter basket this year. Somebunny was listening!!!!!
I love its worn paint and smoothed down handle. It must have been called into service for years. If it could only talk!
Linen guest towels from Potter Barn become napkins. The embroidered detail adds a pretty touch.
Forks and spoons in one, and knives in the other.
I love its worn paint and smoothed down handle. It must have been called into service for years. If it could only talk!
A collection of white dishes (HomeGoods) fills the tool box. The white dishes and their interesting edges play against the simplicity of the worn wood.
Linen guest towels from Potter Barn become napkins. The embroidered detail adds a pretty touch.
New white mugs (HomeGoods) are part of the Kitchen Facelift. They are graceful and curvy... and hold a large cup of coffee!
The last of the peonies are placed in a wicker basket with a glass insert. They are heavily pink laden and heady with fragrance. A soft splash of color in this neutral scape.
I collect white pitchers of all shapes and sizes. Today they hold silver flatware. It is such an interesting and unexpected presentation.
Forks and spoons in one, and knives in the other.
Who waits for their kitchen to be done to have guests... not me! On Friday, Pinky from DESIGNS BY PINKY is coming to lunch and maybe another blogger (right, Lynne?). I think we will eat on barn beams!
I am participating in:
TABLESAPE THRUSDAY at Between Naps On The Porch
How Sweet The Sound for Pink Saturday
Oh Yvonne, your table is absolutely stunning. I love how thick the top is and such beautiful patina and color. Gorgeous. Your vignette is fabulous. I can't wait to see everything all finished. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table, Yvonne! I am completely smitten with your white dishes in that old toolbox and your pitchers holding the silverware! What a beautiful buffet display it makes.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful table! So perfect in a farmhouse kitchen. Your peonies are gorgeous, they are one of my favorite flowers and they add such a pretty touch to this tablescape! Lovely as usual!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very nice table! A future heirloom for sure. Your white dishes, pink flowers, pretty mugs and that old tote are all beautiful on your barn beams. Lovely post. Blessings, Pamela
ReplyDeleteLove your post (and pictures) as usual. Do you mind my asking where you get your beautiful white dishes?
ReplyDeleteYour new table is lovely, Yvonne! I am sure you will have many memorable meals on it. Lucky Pinky! The buffet set up is great, love the linen towels.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someday A and I will get to see it in person!
I am waiting for my peonies to bloom, maybe by the weekend! I want to have. Some for my gdau's dance recital. Last year the deer ate all the roses and peonies the night before the recital! ;(
Beautiful table. the white dishes look great with the rich, warm brown of the tabletop. Can't wait to see your reveal, been checking every day. I'm a Pa. girl too...central Montgomery County....lots of Mennonite influence up here. Love mixing antiques with new...such a rich look. Love visiting Lancaster County...it soothes the soul.
ReplyDeleteOh Yvonne, now i have table envy! there is nothing I like any better than old wood. Your table top has my drooling. Love the dishes and the carpenter's box too. can't wait to see the reveal! You are such a tease ;-)!!
ReplyDeletemany blessings, marlis
Yvonne,
ReplyDeleteSo stunning, is your historic table! I adore the white curvy plates with the vintage tool box. Warm, inviting, homey and comfortable...all the things one would desire for the Kitchen. The Heart of the Home. . .sh~h~h. . .I can hear the heartbeat! Anxiously awaiting the reveal!
Fondly,
Pat
I just love your blog-I have been reading it a bit here and there and look forward to seeing your kitchen remodel-I hope to have one someday-our kitchen is 100 years old! Thank you for blogging your an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you, Tress
beautiful and fragrant, does it get any better?!
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove your old soul table!!
Can't wait to see your kitchen.
Granny Trace
www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.com
This is a great vignette! Looks like it's straight out of a magazine shoot.
ReplyDeleteStunning , gorgeous, beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great new table to grace your home. I love looking at all the white dishes you have and the pink peonies really are so soft and pretty -- one of my favorite flowers. Love the flatware in the white pitchers too. Joni
ReplyDeleteYour new table is amazing! It's absolutely gorgeous, and the lovely whites and neutrals of the dishes and linens set it off beautifully. The basket full of pale pink peonies is heavenly!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous table and addition to your home. Love the Easter box.
ReplyDeleteYour vignette is wonderful, filled with all of those great textured white plates.
Lucky you to have a meeting with your blogger buddies. One of these days we'll make it happen.
- The Tablescaper
What can I say, simply stunning. I just love everything and can't wait to see the entire kitchen reveal. ANd loving the white dishes.
ReplyDeleteMarianne :)
I love your new farmhouse table. The history of the wood makes it even more special.
ReplyDeleteYour vintage toolbox looks fabulous loaded with the gorgeous white dishes and pink peonies. I love the sweet little pitchers filled with silver.
Another wonderful 'scape, Yvonne, just wonderful.
Tammy
Gorgeous dishes and so pretty peonies!
ReplyDeleteHugs
Charo
Don't know where to start. Love the table and chairs. The linens are gorgeous and when you tire of the dishes just let me know and I will take them off your hands. Oh and the flowers just Lovely!
ReplyDeleteI just love seeing your beautiful old table! I love furniture with soul too. But your table setting just thrills me to look at. The lacy dishes against the rustic wood is dreamy. And the towels so very lovely. The peonies just take it over the top. It is all so so very pretty!
ReplyDeleteLove your knew "olden" table and your dishes that are awaiting upon it. Such a pretty presentation. Hope that you're doing well.
ReplyDeleteThe table is perfectly "old/new" and beautiful! The peonies are to die for! GORGEOUS! I drank in the beauty of this vignette as I drank my coffee from the same white mug featured in your picture! Can't wait to see that kitchen! Toni
ReplyDeleteSimply gorgeous! I adore your beautiful new/old table and the china and flowers make for such an interesting and spectacular contrast!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous wood on that table. Just so drool worthy!!
ReplyDeleteAnd those peonies are luscious. I love white pitchers myself and can never stop myself from picking up a new interesting vintage or vintage looking pitcher. And I love your plates and how you have them displayed in that tool crate looks divine!
Your farm table is awesome. The buffet vignette is lovely! I have those coffee mugs, and I just love them. You are right, your plates in the tool box look so interesting with all the different textures. Peonies (sigh) set off the entire table. Mine are gone until next year. Beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteOh Yvonne I just love love your new table and chairs!! Love how you displayed your dishes too! Everything looks beautiful, Martina
ReplyDeleteBoa noite Yvone! Espetacular o estilo rútico de sua mesa acompanhada com flores naturais ficou um charme. Abrç Dorath
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Not to be underestimated is the amazing stroke of light that has been gently brushed across your tablescape. Utterly delightful design. Cherry Kay
ReplyDeleteHi Yvonne, I'm glad you're feeling up to posting after the ordeal you've been through. And now onto your table, first off, I love a Buffet. It just says casual, and friendly. I love stacked plates, and flatware stuffed inside of glasses or pitchers. So your table setting is right up my alley. When I set a table and I think it's so so, I come over to your blog and find, it's not even close! I consider you the master table scaper, honestly! And what you did here is gorgeous, yet casual and homey. Love the little balls of vine. Who would have thought, right?
ReplyDeleteThey're charming, and go so well with the white, love this setting. And can't wait to see your final kitchen reveal.
Oh Grrrrr I forgot to say, the table is amazing!!! It's just beautiful, please convey to the maker, how his work, is , just stunning!
ReplyDeleteLove the new table! Can't wait to see the kitchen! Carla
ReplyDeleteLOVE it, Yvonne!!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne
LOVE it, Yvonne!!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne
LOVE it, Yvonne!!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne
LOVE it, Yvonne!!
ReplyDeleteSuzanne
OH, I am BEYOND excited to come to your home and share a meal on your NEW, GORGEOUS table!!!!!!!!!! It is fabulous! I love how you did this tablescape. The dishes are so beautiful, love the runner and the "napkins" and the flowers.....I can ALMOST smell them!!!! See you soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just can't wait! XO, Pinky I am late cause we just got home from a party!!!!
ReplyDeleteStunning! I am in love with your new table, but also with the wooden plate holder, the pitchers holding silverware, the white plates, the peonies, and the lovely towels-turned-napkins - the embroidery is really delightful, isn't it? Thanks so much for sharing at Between Naps. And I "followed" your blog!
ReplyDeleteThat table is gorgeous! Love the dishes and the burlap!
ReplyDeleteMegan
Hi Yvonne!
ReplyDeleteEverything on your table is just lovely! Your homegoods dishes are so pretty. I've seen them there and it's so tempting to bring them home. The way they look in the wooden holder is amazing ... I think it's the contrast of the lacy look and the rustic wood. I have a couple of wooden carry-all boxes and I've never thought to use them like this! You are so creative, Yvonne!
The story of your table is great! There is a lot of wonderful woodworking that goes on in Pennsylvania!
Enjoy your visit with blog friends ~ what lucky ladies to gather at Stone Gable; they will enjoy your gift of hospitality first hand!
Have a wonderful weekend, Yvonne! God bless you,
*Maria
I love your farm table, and your tablescape is lovely. You said your table was made in Ronks, Pa. Have you ever been to Countryside Roadstand in Ronks? It is absolutely one of my favorite places. They make melt in your mouth pretzels, fresh lemonade, and have a store filled with gorgeous Amish quilts, homemade canned goods, and all kinds of handmade things from birdhouses to placemats. My husband had to drag me away.
ReplyDeleteSimply stunning as always!
ReplyDeleteShel
I adore your table and love that the wood has so much history ~ there will be many memories made on it now I am sure!
ReplyDeleteHi Yvonne, we are definitely soul sisters on so many levels. I love the idea of having a table made by a local artisan using antique barn wood - you can't beat how full of character that table is. Everything, as usual, looks lovely - love those roses too! I saw a wooden box like yours the other day at an antique store on Route 9 down in Cape May but didn't pick it up, now I wish I did. Ciao, bella xxoo
ReplyDeleteYour new table, with old soul, is just beautiful Yvonne! Love the great buffet set up too, the tray looks beautiful! Have fun on Friday:@)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it!!! So much character and charm!
ReplyDeleteLove the tool tote! I love the beautiful plates mixed with the aged tool tote and the peonies.. perfection! My peonies are up but not ready to bloom. Truly a heavenly scent! The white pitchers are sweet with the silverware in them...great idea!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to comment on your wonderful table! What a wonderful heritage! It's beautifully finished and I love the chairs!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! It is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIsn't the history amazing. Can't wait to see the reveal.
The roses are gorgeous.
Still holding on the the title as Number One Tablescaper, girl. You really are the master!! That Bobby, what a keeper....love that Easter Basket! Hope you are feeling back to normal now. Can't WAIT to see your kitchen!!
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous! Can't wait to see it set ;)!
ReplyDeleteJen
Yvonne, your new table is fabulous! Such a story it tells. I love the casual, coziness of your buffet setting. I don't even have buds on my peonies yet, so I have that to look forward to. Love the cutlery in the white pitchers!!
ReplyDeleteYvonne, I love your table! Great setting and I know you and Pinky will have a great time. I will have Debbie here for just a short time as they will be on there way to her best friend's house. Would love to have you share this at my party, too.
ReplyDeleteHello Yvonne,
ReplyDeletereally beautiful!
Best greetings, Johanna
I love that table--and that it has those repurposed OLD beams....
ReplyDeleteAnd the 'scape is just fantastic.
You always do rustic lux (my fave) SO AMAZINGLY WELL!
YOu are just wonderful!
SOOOO glad you're feeling better!
Hugs/blessings,
Lana In Italy
GORGEOUS table! You just cant beat sometimes antique. Love the tote as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful- serene and calm.The combination of brown, pink and white is perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning and inspiring post! Love the dishes and using the pitchers to hold utensils.
ReplyDeleteHappy Pink Saturday!
Gorgeous table and chairs. Your country vignette is charming. Love the idea of using the rustic tool box. ~ Sarah
ReplyDeleteOh Yvonne.
ReplyDeleteI am your newest follower, Pinky just posted your fabulous lunch menu and what a wonderful time ya'll had, i just had to come over to see your blog!....what a beautiful page you have, so thrilled to be here and when i figure out if ''puff pastery'' is the same as ''phyllo'' then i will be making those delish looking cheese twists!...i used to make them in high school...my best friend and i would cook and when she taught me how to make crepes one day, she made asparagus ones and strawberry ones with whipped cream for dessert, so i am just loving your lunch menu you did for miss pinky!....and yes, i adore that little salt container label too, so cute!.....take care and so glad to be a member of your blog, susie :)
omgosh, how could i forget to mention how much i love your pink/brown/white tablescape!! my fav color is pink and those peonies are just soooo beyond beautiful!...i love the edges of your plates and that color scheme topped off with those adorable napkins!...susie :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love your table setting, those dishes are so darn cute. I need to get to Homegoods! Peonies are my favorite bloom, is there a more perfect pink? HPS, Marcia
ReplyDeleteO*M*G I love EVERYTHING about your table! The table itself is fabulous! The white dishes are TDF!!! The peonies are soooo beautiful! Thanks for sharing this gorgeous pinkness! Happy Pink Saturday!
ReplyDeleteBack Porch Blessings,
Rebecca
Very, very beautiful, love the dishes and the peonies and the table and chair set geourgeous and the silverware, wow, I want to come over just to sit for a cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteYvonne, your table is just absolutely gorgeous, and I love the chair design.
ReplyDeleteHe did good with your gift of the basket. I know you will put it to many uses.
Stunning arrangement!
Happy Pink Saturday.
Oh Yvonne, Your new table is lovely. The chairs are so special with the entwined backs. The plates in the box look so lovely. What a wonderful table for your luncheon.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table set up for a lovely buffet! The pink peonies are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!!
Oooh! I love EVERYTHING, Yvonne — the pink peonies, the old tool tray, the silver flatware in the pitchers, the lovely white dishes from HomeGoods (one of my favorite shopping spots)...AND the beautiful barn wood table! Your rustic-romantic look would fit quite well here at MY little cottage farmhouse! ;)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/
I love your farmhouse table, and the tablescape is divine! Gorgeous photos as ususal, Yvonne. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous inspiration.
ReplyDeleteYour farm table and chairs are uber gorgeous; what a wonderful way to recycle. I just love the way you have set up your farmhouse buffet - beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAll the Best,
Requi
Ynonne, I am so smitten by your style! I love it! I collect white dishes too! Love the way you displayed them in the tool box! Nancy
ReplyDeleteOh Yvonne, this is absolutely stunning! Every photo! LOVE the table and the box and the dishes and the peonies!!
ReplyDeleteMagazine worthy! I have gazed at these photos over and over!
Beautiful!!
Lou Cinda :)
so beautiful- love the dishes- Homegoods is awesome- Peonies are my favorite- love your blog.
ReplyDeleteYour photography is so beautiful. May I pin the photo of the peonies to my "Flowers" board on Pinterest?
ReplyDeleteThank you for considering my request.
Chelsea
Thank you, Thank you, thank you, for sharing these ideas with us. This is exactly what I have been looking for, to do my kitchen in. Oh I can't wait to go to Home Goods to get these dishes.
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