Turning Tables

We had an interesting time on the weekend.

My folks came over to visit, to show us some photos of their recent trip to New Zealand. Unfortunately one of our dining room chairs gave up the ghost.


Whilst we could have used some wood glue and a screwdriver to repair it, it was a good time to look at upgrading. One of the things that had bugged Pauline and I was it was only a 4-seater, thus making it hard to entertain with more than a couple. So we thought "Something we'll need to do".

As luck would have it, Pauline was out shopping with her Mum. Her Mum was after a small display table and headed into a furniture store.

I got an SMS at work with a picture attached and a rather excited Pauline saying she had found 'our table'.


It did indeed look good.. though I was not wishing to hear the price.
I was pleasantly suprised to here $499 for both tables and chairs.

Now that was better than I was expecting! So Pauline snapped up the setting!

The new setting is so nice! The padded seats are also able to be removed so they can be washed. The chairs are very comfortable and we have loads more room on the table.

Now... what to do with our old table?! We considered selling it on Ebay, though wondered about shipping, and then Pauline said "Let's ring your sister". So we did, and as luck would have it, she was after a dining table!

We informed her of the dodgy chair but she was happy with that and said she'll take care of it.

So everyone is happy!
We got our new table for holding more, and my sis' got a free dining table!

I'm just hoping Pauline's Mum doesn't need to head into a car dealership!

PS: For the record... I don't think Pauline's Mum found the table she was after.