We are working intentionally to not get ahead of ourselves, but we are also finding some deals on furniture that would really be ideal in the next house. Don’t worry, I am aware we don’t live there at this point 😅 I know it could all fall apart. And if it does, the things we’ve found can also exist here 🙂 So there is no real loss here except that, for the moment, we have too many bed frame. Things could be worse.
On Friday, I found us a better table! I was SO thrilled!! Someone was clearing out an abandoned property and was selling a beefy, beat up, gigantic dining table. I spoke for it as soon as I saw it, and it was ours! We even paid the people a little extra to deliver it, which we never do, but it was so worth it this time around. Whew! So we moved all the chairs out and got our black table cleaned up for sale.
Someone asked for it within the hour and it was gone and picked up before the new one came in!
Brady LOVES this table. Which makes me feel pretty good for finding it. As he and Rowan assembled it, Brady raved about how it was solid maple. Hand built. SUPER heavy and strong. He said the amount of lumber that would’ve needed to be bought to build this table now would be around $1000. He is thrilled with it.
We put little cork feet on it and it was readyyyyy!!
Its already bigger than our last table and we still have another leaf for it! What a huge win for our large family, as well as for our future family gatherings! Its perfect!
By perfect, I do mean its beat up to no end. The table top has huge gouges on it, and even paint. But its big and beautiful, and totally possible to refinish down the road. We are kind of loving the dark chairs alongside it, so maybe someday we’ll paint the base to match the dark chairs, and refinish the top with some kind of lighter stain. Who knows. Not anytime soon anyway!
Also yesterday, I locked down the purchase of a HUGE until for Dekker and Solly. Ideally it’ll be for the next place, but again, it could work here if need be. No issues! I unfortunately don’t have a picture of that one, but take my word for it that it will be awesome.
We found something of a bunk bed, but it has a dresser and desks and shelving all attached! Its kind of like that big Jysk loft bed, but its better and will last longer for the boys, I think. Dekker will even have a little alcove where he could read while Solly is asleep if he wanted to. It is SUCH a win, and for a good price!! But man. It was ALMOST the first thing that didn’t fit in the van! Hahaha! But we got it, thanks to Brady, the really kind guy who sold it to us, and their mad Tetris skills.
And I thought fitting a kayak in there was impressive! WOW! This was a LOT of pieces, but it was really nicely labelled and organized so it’ll be pretty straightforward to rebuild.
Hopefully in the new place 🤞 HOPEFULLY!