Advice on what to do with grandmother's dining room furniture. TIA
Christine Corrigan
3 years ago
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Comments (92)trish-I hope you see this, you posted almost a week ago, I have not been on these boards for a few days! Can you PLEASE take a picture of the furniture and post it? I am dying to see it in another setting. Do you think the DR set was in the house originally? What year was your house built? What color are the seats...and are they the same at your neighbor's house across the street? Where do you live? Ok, so my DH actually had possession of *HIS* dining room set, that was exactly like MINE...up until the mid nineties. His mom had saved it (parents are divorced). He tried to sell it at one point, and refinshed the top and spruced it up nicely. I think he was asking 1k for the whole set...hutch, table, chairs...and he had NO ONE buy it. They would come, look, offer him 200 bucks, he just couldn't (wouldn't, I suppose, LOL) sell it at that price. Then again, this was BEFORE the internet. He didn't reach too many potential buyers with his ad in the paper. I was kind of happy, cuz I said, "Good, let's keep it for the extra chairs and leaf and just store the rest of it!" His office has a warehouse/storage area, so that's why I considered it...I am not a believer in paying good money to store more "things." But since it is available, we do it sometimes. Well, at this time, his dad did not have a DR table so DH just put it there to keep it, and so his dad would have a table. A few months later, one of his sisters moved in, brought her own stuff...and GAVE AWAY the hutch and two end chairs...and PUT THE TABLE OUT BY THE CURB FOR BULK PICKUP! *fanning self* I was LIVID! I still talk about it to this day, but my DH keeps saying, "Let it go, honey!!" I think he is mad too, but also embarrassed. SO...remember...just a few years ago, I saw this table for sale on a grocery store bulletin board, and the whole set with hutch was in the $200 range...maybe $250? It really is heavy duty, solid wood. BUT...apparently very common and mass produced! I would just like to know a little more about it. I cannot find any name on it as to who made it, where it is from originally, etc. BTW...his sister moved out a few months later, and once again, DH''s dad was left with no table. *sigh*...See Moredining room furniture advice
Comments (13)newhomebuilder, Thank you for asking. I liked it so much, I bought it! The table has lovely inlaid wood all around the edge and the finish is beautiful. The chairs are not large but certainly adequately sized and very comfortable. The design on the back of the chairs reminds me of a beautifully wrapped ribbon on a package. The chairs all have a brass label with the name of the manufacturer and Belfast, where it was made. The seller brought it here from Ireland and called the arm chair, the carver's chair. She had custom pads for the tabletop too. All the legs have their brass feet and wheels. It is in excellent condition and I'm very pleased. Thanks again for your interest. It's such fun to share our excitement here! Jan...See MoreIdeas For Use of Grandmother's Old Dining Room Hutch and Buffet
Comments (31)I live by William Morris' quote: "If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." Your pieces are lovely, no question, but that doesn't mean they are right for you. Keeping things because you have a sense that you "should," regardless of whether that comes from guilt, love, memories, or any other reason is really, truly not a reason to keep them. My mother is on Hospice (my father died in 2012), and when she goes probably almost everything in the very large family home will be sold to antique dealers (if it has value these days) and in a massive garage sale. There are five children and I know four of us want very little. My other sister, who might take more, can't because she lives in low-income housing and has only a small studio. I wouldn't take any of it because I have what I love acquired over the years--and I want no more. To me, it's better that it be sold to someone outside the family IF that someone will love it and make it theirs than for it to stick around, unloved and possibly resented, just to keep it in the family because those kinds of feeling, which will grow with each year it takes up room, will eventually lead to just getting rid of it any way, any place....See MoreAdvice needed on paint for Dining room furniture
Comments (0)I plan to use a paint sprayer for a cherry dining room table and chairs. What is the best type of paint to use? I've used my sprayer on perviously painted dining room chairs using Sherwin Williams Emerald Cabinet and trim with good results. Do I need to do a primer coat over the cherry and for a tabletop do I need a poly topcoat? I have a Homeright finish max paint sprayer...See MoreChristine Corrigan
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