My husband is so awesome!  The dining room table I liked at Pottery Barn was over $1700 (no chairs, just the table) which is completely out of our table budget.  But, we found some plans online to make the same table and Sam has started building it for me!  It is going to look so good!  Here is what we got so far. The legs and frame for the top are done.  

 He hand chiseled out these parts to make this piece of wood go through.  

 Although these boards are not very pretty now, once they are cleaned up and sanded a bit, they will be our table top.  It is wood Sam got from a friend that used to be on a barn.  

 If everything goes as planned, when the table is finished we are hoping it looks a little something like this!