it's so pottery barn

here's our new coffee table! joe and i found it by the roadside, in the dark, and promptly picked it up...without a close inspection. needless to say, it needed help. we didn't much like it aside from the design itself, since it was white and peeling. so joe undertook a project and it sat patiently in our parents' garage till the unveiling. the coolest features are the basket storage (yay for more storage! i think every wife can give three cheers to that) and the two-sided top. one side is the black finish, the other side is a black chalkboard! we saw it in a pottery barn magazine and had to do it. now, we're prepped for kids. :)