five things wednesday

i have a coupon for Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel and West Elm and still can't find the perfect dining table for our perfect dining room.  it must be rustic but not twee, farmhouse but not redneck, modern but not IKEA, reclaimed but not super expensive, not too dark but not too light, more Big Sur than Yosemite, able to seat 6 but not too huuuuuge and also go perfectly with these pretty chairs:

 this is the only table that comes close but look at the legs... they turn sideways like it's a crab.  why????????  i wish i could just make things.  or at least use a saw (and be granted the patience to use it correctly and not saw through the floor)

i looked at couches yesterday.  they are either leather (which is too cold and slippery) or that awful microfiber stuff that i would spend h-o-u-r-s grooming and stroking so it looks even.  or corduroy - which you couldn't sleep on or it would make headlines.  or that cotton fabric that the cats would pulverize.  it's official, we are going to be eating/sitting/sleeping on cranberry crates and lobster pots :|

oh yeah don't get me started on beds :|  apparently if you have a king sized bed you are woefully out of luck because all the king bed frames here are designed for blind people - i can't stand curves, arches and finials.  i need to start my own furniture store........ (with Nate Berkus obviously ;)

back later with the fifth thing (it's one of those mornings...)