We planned on replacing our glossy white IKEA dining table, down the line, but that definitely wasn’t a priority. So you can guess what happened next …

Back in November, we spied the perfect dining table. Our budget still won’t stretch, but we do have dining chairs, so I placed them in situ, to check how they’d fit. We thought this may encroach on our hairpin breakfast table (original to the house) but it shouldn’t be a problem. This was a few …