I finally got my German table!

When we lived in NC we had some friends that had been stationed in Germany and had lots of beautiful furniture and antiques decorating their home that they had bought while living here (they even had a life sized armored Knight).  But my very favorite thing was their dining table which was huge and solid, so I made Rand promise if we ever got to Germany I could get my own German table.  Well Folks, it finally arrived last Wednesday and it is everything I dreamed it would be.  We had an adorable German craftsman, Thomas Weidner and his team custom build a table, bench, dining chairs and sideboard for us.  We have never bought nice furniture so it was really fun to have something built exactly as I wanted it to look.  Thomas promised me that it will last at least 300 years and I told him I would hold him to that!  This really is our "forever" table and I love that we will have something in our house someday that will tell a little bit of a story.  I love all the German accents he included but it still fits with our style.  The only downside is that I think I will be exempt from Christmas and birthday presents for the next 10-15 years after this purchase.  Oh well, it is totally worth it!