So, my FI and I's birthdays are two weeks apart, so his mom/my FMIL sent us a joint gift the other day....gift cards for IKEA to go buy this:
A REAL DINING TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, let me just say, neither one of us has ever had a real dining table of our very own. My FI had an old card table that his old roommate took with her when she moved out, and we've been using a card table with a table cloth on it since we started living together. I've been secretly pining for a real dining room table, and apparently, my FMIL overheard me talking about it with my mom, and got us gift cards to go get it.
It conveniently matches this:
...which my mother has been hinting heavily at as being my future shower gift. In which I plan to put every gorgeous fish glass/dish I own on proud display.
Yes, I'm a nerd.
So, besides being an AW for the sake of bringing some degree of sanity to this board today, I do have a genuine question...
Does anyone have any advice on protecting the tabletop? It's stained wood, so it won't show much in terms of staining, but it wouldn't be hard to dent/gouge the wood. I'll be putting table clothes on it for most holidays/dinners and such, but I would love to be able to have it be bare wood sometimes too (it such a purty color).
I thought maybe putting a sheet of glass on top to protect, but do they even make them that big? If so, where on earth would I get one?
Anyone else have anything AW-worthy? Post away!
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