Hi Sam, I know where you're coming from, I too wanted to buy such a beautiful ornate table for my new home still under construction but it just wasn't going to look like it matched the modern home I wanted to put it in. I also wanted to feel like it could be used as most kitchen tables in a home are used, especially for me living on a farm, for eating or repairing something on some newspaper etc...impossible to do on such a beautiful table, you would ruin it to see it scratched !!! Not to put a damper on your tastes but your home will look so much better and have more style if you continue to try to match what you already have and that's at least a stunning kitchen that you've shown us all on this forum. If you think of the style and colour of your kitchen everytime you want to buy something or decorate, it will hep ground you to keep it similar. I understand there are people who say it's nice to have countless pieces of furniture that are all different in some way, as it can look like you acquired them along your journey in life but I think that this mixture of designs and colours doesn't gel in a modrrn house very well at all, perhaps a quaint old cottage but not a modern home with a lovely kitchen like you already have!!!

Have one made. They shouldn't be that much more expensive than an 'off the shelf' table. Custom made furniture is still quite inexpensive if you look hard enough. Expensive when compared to cheap and poorly made imports that we are all now so used too, but a quality table will last for decades and can become a family heirloom. We had our recycled Oregon table custom made by a semi retired chap up the central coast. Avoca Beach I recall and under $1500 4 years ago. Built to our sizes and our stain colour. Don't recall contact details though sorry!

I love the first one! The cement one looks too industrial for my taste.

Hi guys. For all these years I have despised that coloured feature wall but your ideas breath new life. Thank you. Also yes it is a motel. Very very eighties but catering for mostly seniors so we don’t have many complaints. I virtually get banned from the rooms since I spend hours re grouting tiles or scrubbing my heart out. We ha ve spent a lot of time cleaning it up as it was bankrupt and unloved when we bought it so a lot of money has gone into just fixing up what we have and regaining customers. We have won several awards for customer service and would love dearly to do all the rooms up just very limited to time and budget. One other question I have is in regards to the wardrobe and bedsides re updating knobs. Any ideas would be much appreciated. I am very handy but don’t have a fashionable or Color sense bone in my body!!