You have probably already made a decision, but I just wanted to encourage you to spray paint that old table. These two web sites got me excited about painting my old furniture. http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com/2013/09/howtospraypaintfurnituretutorial.html http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2013/10/spray-painting-furniture-revisited/

Out of curiosity, I Googled "plantation chair." The first site I linked to had the chair for $698 each; the most inexpensive at another site was $398 each. All of the chairs I saw had wooden frames and legs and the woven grass slanted backs and seats. I will say that IMO the ones that are listed in CL are much prettier than ones I saw on the sites. Sure do hope you get them.

What wonderful finds! I love Nambe too, although I don't currently have any pieces. I never used what I did have as serving pieces though - only displayed them. I didn't realize they're so "delicate". Seems a shame, particularly since they have such a big, bold look about them. Anyway, they are lovely bargains and I hope you enjoy them!

Hmm, I'd say take the living room wall color, and amp it up a couple shades darker for those chairs? Teal is great, and maybe that's why it appears to be "overdone"? Lovely find! Rattlesnakes, eh? Dad ran over one when I was a kid -- it was as long as our rural country road was wide. The thing didn't die. He had me get out of the car and run back and get Mom and the hunting rifle -- Mom was petrified of snakes but she also didn't want to see that thing near either of her kids. I think she got maybe 200 feet close and passed on the rifle to me, who passed it on to Dad so he could get rid of the thing. That snake got a mention for extreme length in our community weekly newspaper. Best, though, to get rid of them at 5 (or less) feet! I don't know if it was that snake or some other, but one time Dad did cook up rattler. If you stay away from the venom sacs in the head, the meat is edible. Tasted like chicken... (LoL). Hoping your hubby doesn't need to stay deployed too much longer.