because they love them so much. One couple was going to remodel their kitchen and decided to design the entire kitchen around the table. VKC: What do you love about working in the Kansas City metro area? Michelle: Far and away, it’s the people. I’m so glad you said the KC metro area because my husband and I were both raised on farms south of KC. People in this area work hard for their money and they appreciate quality. This suits me just fine. We’ve de- livered tables to folks all over the area and made so many friends who continue to stay in contact. I love when people send me pic- tures of something I’ve sold them in their homes, and they’ll also ask my decorating advice about other places in their homes. The people I meet make this so fun. Kan- sas City folks are just genuine. ^
The couple drove the table back to the West Bottoms and my husband looked at it. Sure enough, we had all missed this. One leg was longer. We fixed it, and drove it back to their house the next day, thankful that we hadn’t passed them off as “crazy customers”. My sweetest memory is a prin- cipal at my school, whose husband was a minister, had to leave and moved to another state. My staff all took up a collection to defray some of the costs and Lonnie made a table with the barn wood showing on top and white paint on the un- derneath side. We all took sharpies and wrote our favorite memories of her underneath the table we gave her for a going away present. She cherishes the table and sends me pictures of her and her friends lying on the floor reading the underside of her table. I’ve had many customers cry when they see their tables finished
Opposite page: Michelle loves seeing how owners decorate their tables throughout the seasons, and because of the neutral stains, anything goes. Above: Michelle and Lonnie’s favorite table sits in Mi- chelle’s dining room in Lee’s Summit. She loves pairing the table with mismatched chairs of the same height and benches.
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