Table Details + Photoshop Fun

Is it just me or is this what all creative, designer types do? I can't stop thinking about ways to customize my dining room table! I've decided to have it made by a father and son in EUROPE (more on that story in a future post). England to be exact. With naturally distressed, antique pine.

Oh, but the details (I'm such a detail person!): all wood or a painted base?

My main inspiration inspiration photo is this:

But I was inspired by the simplicity and softness of this curve...

...so I edited/stretched it to look more like this...



...and added it to the original table to look like this:

Sloppy Photoshop work, but for a visual person...very helpful!

{The lines seem more French.} 

I have lots of painted furniture in my dining room...chairs, buffet, mirror...even a painted piece you can't see. So maybe a painted base is too much? I wish I knew!

All wood?

So hard! Nothing too dark, too golden, too shiny...I'm picky!

A few real life stain samples...what to choose???

{There's that soft scallop again!}

Almost forgot about this one...

The stain up close:

{Are these looking all the same?}

Or switch it up entirely with a whitewash effect:

{From the fabulous Karina Gentinetta on 1st Dibs}

Oh, goodness! Just when I thought I was going to bed...I see this over on Belgian Pearls! 

{Would oval work with the style I've designed?}

Have I made you crazy dizzy yet? I think my head is on spin cycle! This is why you can NEVER let me build a house...because I overthink the smallest details! Time to sleep on it!

Sweet dreams, my friends!