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Our New Dining Room Set, October 2006

Recently, one of Sue's co-workers introduced her to Craig's List, and she has become obsessed. Craig's List is an online message board where people post items for sale like a big, online yard sale. It was on Craig's List where Sue found our new dining room set.

Here is our old set. It is a very nice table, but the chairs seem to be always falling apart, and we only have seating for 4-5 people tops. Plus, it looks absolutely dwarfed in our dining room.

And here is our new set. The table is massive, and it fits nicely in the room. It comfortably seats 6, but it also came with two expansion leafs.

The chairs were purchased separate by the previous owners, but they really match the set well. Two of the chairs had a little damage to the backs, but we think that we can have them repaired.

The table top is Burmese Teak, and is absolutely gorgeous. We agreed that if we had bought a table new, we wouldn't have picked one with black trim, but it seems to work well.

The set also came with a matching side table. Sue loves this little table. I think it may be her favorite piece of furniture in the whole house.

Last Updated: 1/8/07