A Pre-Dinged Table!
Oh yesterday was a lucky day. Chris had the day off so we decided to tackle the huge task of our out of control garage. We had a huge bag of stuff to donate to the thrift shop on base, so I drove it over there. Now, I have been routinely checking out the thrift store, yard sales, the for sale ads in the paper, etc for a pre dinged table for our family. You may recall an earlier post about this, descibing our cute 2 seater table and chairs, and noting the fact that our family had really outgrown it.
Well, when I walked into the shop this pre-dinged wonder with a leaf and four chairs was sitting there, and it called to me from the door, ‘Hey, baby, take me home. Spill your food on me. Invite your children to scrawl their names in me with a fork and spill paint from art projects all over me. I don’t care, I’m cool like that, and already have many scars adding to my character. I may look tough, but with a little polish and TLC, I am so the table for you.” The tag said $100. I was sold.
I decided to push my luck and see if I could get it for $80. The guy helping me found out that I had a big donation in the car, and brought me to the manager. The manager checked out the table, crossed out the price tag and wrote a new price. He held it up for me to see and said, “how about this?” $50. Fifty dollars. FIFTY. For a piece of pre-dinged heaven with four chairs. SOLD.
Chris picked it up, tightened up a few pieces, made some minor repairs, and I can now have company over for dinner without everyone having to eat like chipmunks form the lack of elbow room. I get to stop pulling out folding chairs for every meal. I’m in love.
That is a great deal.. Congrats on such an awesome find.. We are in desperate need of kitchen chairs and thankfully are getting them in a few weeks..
Comment by linda — March 1, 2008 @ 10:33 am
Beautiful!
Comment by SKB — March 1, 2008 @ 10:42 am
NICE find! Congrats!!
Comment by Zarah — March 1, 2008 @ 10:55 am
excellente!! (that’s spanish for excellent…I’m trying to add culture to your blog) =)
Comment by Amie — March 1, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
Wow - nice set AND it matches perfectly with your cabinets!!!!
We have a round pedestal dining table (w. leaves for company) and I love it.
Comment by brandy101 — March 2, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Wow! congrats on such a great find!
Comment by Nicole Lund — March 2, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
That is just beautiful! What a great deal, too. Don’t you just love bargain hunting and then getting what you want?!?! So fun!
Comment by Creole Wisdom — March 3, 2008 @ 7:55 am
$50? How fab is that? Great find Leah!!
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Comment by Angie W — March 3, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
ooh, I forgot to mention that a MUST HAVE with a nice table and little kids are those elasticized vinyl tablecovers. You can find them online in cheesy “giftware” catalogs, like MilesKimball.com or HarrietCarter.com etc. They are cheapest in those places. I use mine mostly as a table PROTECTOR (ie - put cloth table linens over it) but sometimes just that and some placemats. Then you can spray it with any cleaner and it gets the stains and germs off but doesn’t damage the wood. And since there is elastic it doesn’t slide around.
Comment by brandy101 — March 4, 2008 @ 7:07 am
…lovely, was meant for your kitchen, you can tell by the way it matches your cupboards!! We had a similar Ikea table a few years back, traded it for a square one, now I wish I never had!
Comment by Lisa the librarian — March 4, 2008 @ 8:15 am
Whoa, your kitchen looks just like ours. Except our cabinets open on the other side. From the dining area we just get to look at the back of the cabinets. And actually our island comes out from the other direction. But other than that it looks that same.
Comment by Helena — March 6, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
SCORE!!!! I’m a big fan of “pre-dinged”.. takes all the pressure off.
Comment by tj — March 7, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
Wonderful! I love it!
Comment by Mom2Six — March 7, 2008 @ 9:58 pm