Oh Look What I Found!

Ah Craigslist. It's like visiting a giant garage sale from  the comfort of my own home.

Guess what I found on Craigslist a few days ago?

Why a dining room table... a heavy duty 20 year old dining room table with two leaves and 6 chairs.

 Just look at that beautiful curvy shape of the table and legs.

 
 The ornamentation on the side of the table I thought was rather pretty as well.

The table without the leaves is 62" long and 43" wide. Each of the leaves are 18" wide.

The good:

1. The entire thing was only $60.00!!!

Yes, you read that right. A table and 6 cane back chairs were only $60.00.

2. I was able to fit 4 table legs, big table, two leaves and all 6 chairs in my Toyota Sienna (a.k.a. The Harpmobile). Impressive, I know. I have loaded harps in and out of it so many times, I am pretty good at packing everything in and utilizing space. I took out the back seats and slid the table down the center between the two captain chairs.

However, on the way home - it was a long 5 mile drive - I got hungry, so I reached back and grabbed a chair and started gnawing on it.

Or perhaps someone let their puppy dog chew on it. Sad day..

I am going to have to find someone who is handy with a lathe. Oh dad - are you there? I have a project for you. ;-)

The cane on a few of the chairs is ripping away from the edge and is coming apart.

 Question here for my readers:  Do I replace the cane or just ditch it all together and do an upholstered back on the seats?

The table is going to be the easy part, as well as reupholstering the seat cushions.

The bad about this whole project?  Well, it will naturally be  time consuming, I may pull some hair out in the process and there may be some swearing involved.

After loading up the garage with even more furniture, last night

hubby finally said, "  NO MORE FURNITURE UNTIL YOU FINISH THE PROJECTS YOU HAVE IN THE GARAGE ALREADY!"

What a killjoy.... LOL

True, I still have a dresser, a hutch and a twin head and foot board that I didn't previously show you.

I also have a storage shed out back that he rarely goes into. If I come across any more great finds, they may have to camp out there for awhile.

I don't know that I will get started on the dining room set right away, but I was excited about this find and am going to research options on rehabbing the chairs before I get started.

But man - for $60???

The lady that sold it to me, initially told me that she only had 4 chairs. I saw two other chairs there that obviously matched. I inquired about them. She decided that they  were in such bad shape that she didn't advertise them. Not wanting to separate the two from the pack, I had to take them.... They were both captain chairs that the arms had been removed from.  I will just use wood filler to fill in the spots where the arms used to be.

I have a vision for this set. A very French Provincial vision.  Here are some pictures that serve as inspiration.

This card table from Pierre Deux. I like the dark stain on top with the cream colored legs.

And this dining set as well.

Source:Mad Dogs and Englishmen 

So there you go. I am excited about my find and had to share it with you.