Saturday January 22, 2005
Quest for a new table
Our table is teetering on disaster. It certainly has a right, my parents bought it when they did the kitchen remodel in the early 80s. We have been looking at buying new table for well over a year now, but this week we got a little more serious. Every day when I dropped Zach off at the school for class, I would go visit a various stores with furniture to see if they had a table in a lower price range.
The fact I went shopping, by myself, with a three year old in warehouse furniture stores should tell you how much we need a table. Every table I was interested in, I sat down in the chair to see if it was comfortable for my ample tush. (picture an elephant sitting on a coffee can for some of the chairs). Every time I sat at a table, Zane pulled up a chair and started “eating” and would get rather upset with you if you got up too soon. He also sat on couches and pretended to pick up a glass on the coffee tables and take a drink, and would have to put the cup back down before he would get up and move to the next table or couch. My little OCD child would also go around pushing all the chairs in under the table and make sure there was nary an open door in the entire store. However, that was simply a warm up for the “real” furniture stores. The main difference between warehouse stores and fancy smancy stores is that warehouses have things set up in easy to manage rows, where as in the fancier stores everything is laid out in an impossible maze, with lots of breakables lining the path. I guess the extra charge for the furniture is the finder’s fee paid for the delivery person to find the piece again…that, and breakage.
We still haven’t found a table. There are two in the running right now, a granite top table with honey colored wood. (love the top, seriously considering stripping re staining the wood if we get it). and a cherry looking modern looking sleeker table. We might make the trek later today if we are feeling brave.
