Recycled antique family table

This is the table that my dad grew up with.

 He is sure that it's well over a hundred years old.

 It was used for eating, farming chores, butcher chores (if you know what I mean) and all in between. Notice it's only three wide boards. This pic shows the boards after some cleaning.

 It had been stored in a barn for years so it needed some loving care.

This shows how the table looks after I turned the boards over and cleaned them.
 Underneath seemed to have preserved the wood better.

I decided to put a white wash over the boards to lighten it up a bit

 but still show some of the grain of the old wood.

 Then I topped it with several coats of a clear sealer. It's serving us very well on our back porch. Family meals, crafts and whatever. It's nice to use something that your ancestors used as well.

If you'll notice the legs of the table.
 They are made of an old bed post. Even back then they knew recycling was important.
 Bed posts into repurposed table legs. I guess I get this recycling thing honest! Don't you think?

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,

and I will give you rest."

Matthew 11:28