I have whined about our glass dining table ever since we bought this house and it came included.
I clean the darn thing and the next thing I know it's all smudged and covered in bits of this 'n that.
And as soon as I get the top clean and sparkling, the sun shines on it and all I see is smears and fingerprints on the underside.....how does that happen???? Who's touching the underside of the table 18" from the edge??? I swear, Mr. Amazing does it just to get me to fall over the edge of sanity!
Well, today, since Lyn & I didn't have anything else to occupy ourselves, we decided to go looking at sleeper sofas. I want to move the bed out of my spare room that only gets slept in about 28 nights a year and put in a sleeper sofa. Then, when I want to watch something on TV I won't have to go lay on my bed. (Our master bedroom isn't large enough for the bed, night stands AND lounging chair.)
We didn't see any sleeper sofas I couldn't live without.
BUT, as we were walking through the furniture store we came across a dining table that I thought would be perfect for this house. I noticed the chairs first ~ the set is Amish made, solid maple and the chairs have a 'bent' back that fits the hollow of your back perfectly. OK, so, admitedly, it was marked down and sold, 'as-is', and has some minor scratch/ding marks. But it was originally over $5k (an amount I would NEVER spend) and was discounted DRASTICALLY. The table has 2 leaves and is about a 42" round table with both leaves out, which is the size of the glass table we now have. With the leaves it will comfortably seat 6, possibly 8, if needed.
So, Lyn & I came back here to the house and told Dane I wanted him to come and see a table set......he could hardly argue if Lyn was here as my 'back'! He saw it, knew I REALLY wanted it and, truth be told, I'm pretty sure he thought it was a beautiful table, too.....although he'll NEVER admit that. I don't ask for a lot....truly. So, I guess he was feeling like if he said, "NO", I might just poison him. For whatever reason, maybe he really IS a nice guy....he agreed we could purchase the set. And the best part is they can deliver it BEFORE the family comes for a visit. I know DD#1 will walk in, see the new dining set and ask me if I killed Dad! LOL
I clean the darn thing and the next thing I know it's all smudged and covered in bits of this 'n that.
And as soon as I get the top clean and sparkling, the sun shines on it and all I see is smears and fingerprints on the underside.....how does that happen???? Who's touching the underside of the table 18" from the edge??? I swear, Mr. Amazing does it just to get me to fall over the edge of sanity!
Well, today, since Lyn & I didn't have anything else to occupy ourselves, we decided to go looking at sleeper sofas. I want to move the bed out of my spare room that only gets slept in about 28 nights a year and put in a sleeper sofa. Then, when I want to watch something on TV I won't have to go lay on my bed. (Our master bedroom isn't large enough for the bed, night stands AND lounging chair.)
We didn't see any sleeper sofas I couldn't live without.
BUT, as we were walking through the furniture store we came across a dining table that I thought would be perfect for this house. I noticed the chairs first ~ the set is Amish made, solid maple and the chairs have a 'bent' back that fits the hollow of your back perfectly. OK, so, admitedly, it was marked down and sold, 'as-is', and has some minor scratch/ding marks. But it was originally over $5k (an amount I would NEVER spend) and was discounted DRASTICALLY. The table has 2 leaves and is about a 42" round table with both leaves out, which is the size of the glass table we now have. With the leaves it will comfortably seat 6, possibly 8, if needed.
So, Lyn & I came back here to the house and told Dane I wanted him to come and see a table set......he could hardly argue if Lyn was here as my 'back'! He saw it, knew I REALLY wanted it and, truth be told, I'm pretty sure he thought it was a beautiful table, too.....although he'll NEVER admit that. I don't ask for a lot....truly. So, I guess he was feeling like if he said, "NO", I might just poison him. For whatever reason, maybe he really IS a nice guy....he agreed we could purchase the set. And the best part is they can deliver it BEFORE the family comes for a visit. I know DD#1 will walk in, see the new dining set and ask me if I killed Dad! LOL