Ok, so I left you hanging with my last post. :) It's been a crazy few days since then!
On Sunday I went up the road to buy some chairs I found on craigslist. I thought they were white with blue cushions, but they turned out to be cream colored chairs with tan gingham cushions. I loved the cream color of the chairs but the cushions had to go. Too bland and boring. But I was excited because I scored them for a great deal. One of the backs was broken but I was certain Adam could fix that! (He was not as sure because it was broken and splintered...but as expected, my man came through in a big way!!)
Our next step in the plan was to build a new table. Our current table is a metal frame and pressed board/veneer covered top. We were going to take the top off of the table and get a big piece of wood to replace it. Then stain and seal and voila...new table! But then I got the chairs home. And they are HUGE. I mean HHUUGGEE next to our table. Crap.
So I was back to looking for a table. And I emailed everyone and their brother on craigslist that had ANYTHING that might work. Nothing. Not a single emailed response. Heart breaking. :(
I've been OBSESSED with tables for days. :( I hate that feeling.
But today I got to get out of the house with my lovely Hillary. Likely for the last time (I try not to think about it because it makes me super sad!). We had lunch at The Wine Kitchen (ohmy. Amazing.) and then hit up a few antique shops downtown. Let me just say...the first one we went to...one of the grossest things I've ever seen. Like really. And like previous searching had already informed me, antiques are ugly and overpriced.
We ran to a few more places and then over to the new Goodwill in town. We were just there on Saturday and didn't see anything, but Hillary wanted to see the new store so we ran in. There in the furniture section was a dining room table. It looked like it might be big enough...had all four legs (so that's a plus!) and after some searching we found its missing leaf over on some chairs. We stretched it out and tried to measure it. But we had no tape measure and the great guy at Goodwill had lent his to someone earlier in the day and it had since walked away. So, because we're so resourceful, Hill pulled up an app on her iPhone to help us measure....but we couldn't figure out how to use it. :) But we did see that the iPhone screen was three inches, so we measured it that way (and got a few chuckles out of other Goodwill shoppers) and it seemed like it might be the right size!
For $20, I figured it was worth the risk. But it was a big risk. The table was gnarly. Peeled off stickers, TONS of crayon marks, pen marks, food stains, sticky glass rings...it was rough. But Adam ok'd it and I brought it home. And he didn't make me give it to Hillary when he saw it. After a trip to Lowe's (and $40 later), we started the refinishing. And let me just say...it is going to be LOVELY!!! :)
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