I found a beautiful old oaken table in my in-law's basement they cut down from a dining table to a coffee table. I had a button too, LOL. Linda's right. Coffee tables don't have expandable leaves, so you pegged it right as a dining table. The casters, if they are original, would tend to make me believe this is not a modern table. I have an Amish made oak pedestal table, modern repro, and I've never seen casters on any of them. Whether it's cut down or not, you got a steal. You can't buy a chunk of oak for fifteen dollars, let alone a pretty coffee table, modified or not.

For an informal table large garden forks and rakes could be fashioned into creative hangers. A bicycle wheel mounted on a pole or an old brass lamp from Good Will could be a creative hanger. The entire wheel and it's stand could be spray painted a cool color and would look very unexpected. A piece of lattice setting up horizontally could have hooks screwed into it. A tree branch spray painted or not.

I think they're divine! They look German made to me. Do you still have the old shades? If so, you can measure the height and bottom width, to give you a ballpark idea of what will work with those. I've tried using the formulas for sizing shades, and I think they're really just guidelines. Sometimes the "perfect" size based on the formula just looks wrong for the lamp. I think a simple drum shade would be fine, but you may just have to try out a few to see what really looks best. If you have a lighting store near you, you may want to just take one of the lamps with you to try out different shades in the store. Even if you don't find the right shade, you'll have a better idea of what size and shape would look best. The plan for the room sounds lovely!

Hi Sue & Terri - I never made it to the craft show. You won't believe it, but my hot water heater burst. It happened 2- days before the craft show! I was so mad. Well, we cleaned up all the water & mess. My hwh, is in my kitchen. You can imagine how that was. We looked around for a new hot water heater,that was affordable. Prices vary. That took a couple of days, then I could not find a plumber to come out to install it. In the meantime, we had to heat water on the stove for every need. I did finally get the hwh installed, only to have it spring a big leak. Waited again for the plumber. It turned out, some of our pipes needed replacing. We have an ancient house. Wow, was it ever expensive. We finally got the thing straightened out. I am so exhausted, from worrying with this mess. Anyway, I hope, pray, keep my fingers crossed, that maybe I can make it to an ''affordable craft show'' sometime after the first. The hot water heater dilema, set us back about $ 1,000. So, I am going to keep my original plan. Set up a table with all of my stuff , at home & check it out w/friends. So, that when the craft show time is near , I will be ready. My daughter & a close friend offered to come snap pics. from the show. I will have to do the photobucket thing that you mentioned. Meanwhile, I am still looking for a fast drying lotion/bodybutter recipe, if you hear of one. Thanks for giving me a boost of confidence. It really had an effect on me. I am so ready for the next show! Tina_2