dinner anyone?

Our Whistler home provides a great gathering place for family and friends.  Dinner parties seem to be our major evening entertainment, especially during winter.  

And so, we decided that our rather large dinner table would be improved if we could enlarge it!  In the first photo you see the original frame (on the floor) with the newer, larger frame (erected above it) and the original table top (leaning against the chimney).  The second photo shows the completed table, about a foot wider and a foot longer, with a row of tiles down the middle to accommodate hot pots of food.  The table now easily seats 12 with plenty of elbow room!