another wedding present

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My grandparents were rockhounds. My grandpa had several slabs of marble that he never used. About ten years after he died, we moved grandma out of their house, and my dad took the marble. As a wedding present to Cindy and me, my dad made a coffee table out of one of the slabs of marble. It matches our dining room set - except for the marble. And that I have to stain and varnish it. I was surprised at how close he got it to the dining room table. I asked it to match, as in not clash. But he made it exactly like it. He even bought a lathe to make the legs. I'm not sure he'd ever used one before.

It's all very cool.

Comments

[mummm.livejournal.com]

That is such a super gift!

[emschin.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful gift, both because he made it and because it was your grandfather's granite. There is a lot of love wrapped up in that gift.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

Pictures???

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

I posted some in my journal. :)

[marswalker.livejournal.com]

what a cool present. I mean, cool, as in, "family heirloom" cool. :)