evans, the circuit boards are built not to last. The circuit board went out on our Magic Chef gas slide-in range 3 years after we bought it and it was going to cost $1,000 for the circuit so we opted to just put the stove on the curb for trash and buy another. We bought the new Magic Chef, but this time purchased the extended warranty which is a very minimal amount of money. Within a couple of years the board went out and they replaced it free of charge. That was 10 years ago and the stove has worked fine ever since. In case you're wondering why we purchased a second Magic Chef, the reason is the price was much cheaper than the other brands that we could find in a slide in gas range. When I buy my new range for the new house I'm going to make sure to purchase the extended warranty for that one also. It will be a Jenn Air.

Just because it's an estate sale doesn't mean the piece is old and good quality. It could be the pics, but I'm sure that this is a modern reproduction and it appears to be of a lower quality wood covered with a tinted varnish to get the color rather than be of genuine mahogany that a good quality reproduction would be. I'm thinking 1980's import quality rather than 1960's solid wood repro. If that's the case, then the whole thing would go for around $200 used rather than the 1K of the better quality version. But, if you like it, that's no reason to not buy it. Just for the lower price.

I could spend up to $300 a chair, but would be much happier in the $300 a pair range. I've actually been skimming Craigslist for chairs that would be easy to reupholster. It seems somehow dumb to me to buy a brand new chair and immediately turn around and reupholster it. Jinx, the bird fabric you posted looks fabulous. I forgot to mention that the kitchen is separated from the dining an living areas by an 8 foot hallway, though you do have a straight view from the living room to this eating area (toward the back of the chair on the left from 40 feet away) HU-187528210, is this the style your were suggesting? I like these and think they suit the style of the house. The downside for me is that most of them don't look they can be easily reupholstered by a hack like me. The table is this one from West Elm. The base is black and brass, the top is carrara marble. We did look at round tables (my original preference), but the space is extremely tight and square/rectangular seemed to offer more usable surface than round in the available space.

Hey fellow chair lovers! So, i made a decision 😬 i ordered 2 arch chairs from Sarah Ellison. And I got the big hairy light 😅 we obviously went over budget on the chairs, but they were just exactly right for me. I love the molded seat and postmodern column legs against the tables curves. we’ll do a bench at the back side (still considering a built in) Pictures below of the chairs, the light and a little mock up I did. Thanks again for such a fun and informative thread!