Thanks so much for the responses ladies! I'm still on the fence--my husband claims he'll reinforce it...once he's finished building the surfboards he's working on--which means just short of our kids graduating high school (they are babies now:)
@Quiltgranny: that bi-level table looks fantastic--one thing that seems strange though, no matter how big the table gets--it comes in 4, 5, and 6 foot lengths--the drop down table is very far to the left. Why don't they move it over into the middle!!!