We've been patiently waiting the last
2 years to find another dining room set.
I'm tired of gluing chairs back together.
And even though the set I have now is real
oak it still falls apart.
This set will retire to the basement
and be used for a table in the play room
when I get it done.
I wanted something that was more rounded
than our rectangle table we have now
since we have a small dining room.
Plus I wanted something with leafs
so I could expand it when needed at holidays
rather than having a constant large table
throughout the year.
It was an older couple selling the table,
I'd have to say they were in mid 70's.
They said they only used the table at
holiday time. I had asked the older gentleman
if they bought it new. He said they bought
it off of the in-laws that was going through hard
times about 8-10 years ago and they paid
$800 USED!! He said he thought it was about
$1,500 NEW!!! I wasn't sure what type of wood
it was made with and the man said he thought
it was cherry veneer.
I PAID $80 for the entire set!
It has a beautiful wood grain top
with a high gloss finish, claw foot
style legs and included 4 regular
chairs and 2 captain chairs with arms
and 2 leafs.
This HERE was the closest set I could
find like the one I got. This is on
Craigslist for $350
I also splurged and bought Tony a surround sound.
He doesn't know about it yet. I told him
I had a surprise for him when he got home
from work today.
We priced surround sounds when we got our tv.
The cheapest ones were $200 on up to probably
about $1,000.
For $15 I got the bass, mid range
and 4 other speakers. It also
included brackets to hang on the wall,
all speaker wires and hookups.
The only other things I got from the yard
or church sale was a wooden baby gate for .50 cents
and 8 spring loaded curtain rods for .25 cents.
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Ya know sometimes I feel guilty when I buy
things like a dining room set. I know
$80 is a drop in the bucket to some
but to people like me it's a lot of money.
But the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Remember that car radiator that I thought
was going to be $200 (which is a good price
because NAPA wanted $280 before tax.)
Well my step-dad was able to find one
at his work (auto parts store) that had
a price drop then he used his employee
discount on top of that. So before tax
it was $133!!
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Well I am off to bed to browse through
a few cooking magazines and take it easy
the rest of the night. I am whipped from
today's adventures and my back isn't feeling too
swift. Need to get it feeling better as I have
a couple loads of horse manure coming this
weekend that will need tilled into the garden.
Of course this next coming week is going to
be colder in the 50's and 60's with some
frost warnings. I drug the greenhouse
out of the shed last weekend and need to get
that set up. Can't start planting seeds til the
last frost. So that will probably be sometime
in May.
