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I have really had a lucky week! Tuesday night when I was driving to the grocery store, I noticed that a neighbor down the block from us was out there putting a dining room table with chairs out at the edge of their driveway. I only counted 4 chairs and the table was hard to see in the darkness, so I assumed that it was junk..and that they wouldn't be throwing it away. I mentioned it to my walking buddy in the morning and we went ahead and walked by it. She does an antique sale twice a year with her college roomates and so I suggested that she might want to look at it and see if it was salvageable enough for the sale if they were indeed throwing it away.
We walked by it and it was really, really nice!!!! It is a formal dining room set that is about 75 years old and made of solid wood...with a double pedastal table. I commented about how beautiful it was and my walking buddy told me to find out if they were throwing it away and for me to take it home. We have no dining room furniture...the room has sat empty for two years.
I drove by around 7.20 and the people were putting out the rest of their garbage...they told me that they were having the garbage man pick it up and helped me load it all into the van after I went home and removed the two back rows of seats! It turns out it was the man's 95 year old grandmothers formal dining set. She had gotten it 70 years ago when she first got married and it was her first/only dining room set. The set actually had 6 chairs..and I got all 6! The grandmother had recently died and they had tried to sell it at a garage sale but no one would buy it. The pieces aren't in perfect condition...two chairs have some broken parts (but all of the pieces were there...and will be easy to repair) and the underneath side and one edge of the table have some damage that can also be easily repaired at some point.
But the table/chairs are elegant and nice..and I'm soooooo excited!!!! What a lucky week!
kris
We walked by it and it was really, really nice!!!! It is a formal dining room set that is about 75 years old and made of solid wood...with a double pedastal table. I commented about how beautiful it was and my walking buddy told me to find out if they were throwing it away and for me to take it home. We have no dining room furniture...the room has sat empty for two years.
I drove by around 7.20 and the people were putting out the rest of their garbage...they told me that they were having the garbage man pick it up and helped me load it all into the van after I went home and removed the two back rows of seats! It turns out it was the man's 95 year old grandmothers formal dining set. She had gotten it 70 years ago when she first got married and it was her first/only dining room set. The set actually had 6 chairs..and I got all 6! The grandmother had recently died and they had tried to sell it at a garage sale but no one would buy it. The pieces aren't in perfect condition...two chairs have some broken parts (but all of the pieces were there...and will be easy to repair) and the underneath side and one edge of the table have some damage that can also be easily repaired at some point.
But the table/chairs are elegant and nice..and I'm soooooo excited!!!! What a lucky week!
kris
Sounds like the things need fixing won't be too difficult. Imagine how expensive it would be to buy new furniture of that quality! 8O
I'm going to go sit in the corner now....
But this time it really paid off for you! Sounds like two great tables and a great dining room and breakfast nook addition. Way to go!
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