Making of a Table

We have been "home" for 2 weeks now and I realized that I still hadn't

put any pictures of the table that Warren built while we were in Brazil.

Alipio (director of the Bible School) and Ashley have been living there since Nov.

They are doing some work on a house, trying to make it their home.

We had asked if there was anything Warren could do for them 

and they came up with the idea of a table.

Their dining room is enormous.

The table had to be large.

10'x4'6"

and weighs around 500 lbs.

It is made out of recycled lumber from an old building

with minimal tools.

This was delivery day!

 Ashley's face as they were bringing it into the house!

I'm not kidding when I say it weighs about 500 lbs.  

It took 5 guys to carry the top and they had a hard time with it!

The top boards were 1 1/2" thick.

Gently boys, without landing it on any ones foot!

The base in place.

It had to be positioned correctly because that table

wasn't going anywhere once the top was on!

The finished table

with the owner and the builder!

Details

You might have noticed from the beginning pictures

 what Ashley and I were doing that day.

Yes, painting!

The room had a two-sided rock fireplace that was in bad condition

so they had had it covered with sheet rock.

Because there were a lot of void places behind the sheet rock

we couldn't lean a ladder against it.

Now, how do you paint out the trim if you can't get up there?

This was Ashley solution:

A paint brush taped to the end of a broom handle.

And you know what?

  It worked!!!!

The finished look.

Remember how big I told you the table was?

The room is huge!!!

Warren enjoyed doing the project

and we are told that the table has already been used for a staff breakfast.

Knowing the two of them, it will be used often.

Just one of the things that kept Warren busy

while in Brazil!