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Ok, so I've been pinning like a mad-woman. I'm thinking about getting new living room & dining room furniture but it's still in the planning/thinking stages. My biggest hurdle is what the hell to do with the furniture I already have. (I'll take pics in a day or so and post them) There are a few pieces I'd keep - big armoire that I use as a linen closet, small marble topped table with drawers - both of those pieces were bought within past 3 years, an older piece that's got some pretty scroll work. The couch was a freebie from my neighbor that's seen much better days so there's pretty much no value to that.
Then there's the secretary (that holds the Hummel collection - know anyone who wants a Hummel collection? :surrender: ) and a coffee table that's got 4 kid sized stools to go with it. (I think my uncle had that sent over from Japan when I was a kid. - It's got some damage and I think he repainted it but he did it well.)
Dining room is a whole other story. It's a huge china cabinet and a fairly large table with 6 chairs. It's a pretty small dining room. We bought this set probably 30 years ago. It's got lots of wear and tear and one of the adjusters on the china cabinet is broken and it's proped up with a piece of wood.
I'm not really crazy about people coming in the house to take a look at this stuff to try to sell it but I'm also not really crazy about just throwing it away either.
So that's pretty much why I'm still planning and not shopping.
Anyway, here's the living room pieces I'm thinking about. This is a discount furniture place that I got my kitchen island from. I love the island and it was a great price.
http://www.mybobs.com/maggie
I would get the smaller couch plus the chair and storage ottoman in chocolate
I really like these tables - would probably get the big one and one small one - package deal isn't any cheaper
They have a few curios I like (to replace the secretary) but I think this is my favorite so far:
http://www.mybobs.com/Washington
I'm going to look over their dining sets again but didn't see anything I really liked right off. This is from Raymour & Flanigan - somewhat higher priced stuff but I have a few pieces from them and I really like them.
http://www.raymourflanigan.com/chace-5-pc-dining-set-798012375.aspx
They have flash for the pics so I can't get it to post here. The table is about a foot shorter than the one I have now and this only has 4 chairs. The china cabinet is 46" as opposed to the 70"+ one I have now.
Rough estimate of all of the above would be about 3k. :surrender:
So if you've made it this far, what do you think?
Then there's the secretary (that holds the Hummel collection - know anyone who wants a Hummel collection? :surrender: ) and a coffee table that's got 4 kid sized stools to go with it. (I think my uncle had that sent over from Japan when I was a kid. - It's got some damage and I think he repainted it but he did it well.)
Dining room is a whole other story. It's a huge china cabinet and a fairly large table with 6 chairs. It's a pretty small dining room. We bought this set probably 30 years ago. It's got lots of wear and tear and one of the adjusters on the china cabinet is broken and it's proped up with a piece of wood.
I'm not really crazy about people coming in the house to take a look at this stuff to try to sell it but I'm also not really crazy about just throwing it away either.
So that's pretty much why I'm still planning and not shopping.
Anyway, here's the living room pieces I'm thinking about. This is a discount furniture place that I got my kitchen island from. I love the island and it was a great price.
http://www.mybobs.com/maggie
I would get the smaller couch plus the chair and storage ottoman in chocolate
I really like these tables - would probably get the big one and one small one - package deal isn't any cheaper
They have a few curios I like (to replace the secretary) but I think this is my favorite so far:
http://www.mybobs.com/Washington
I'm going to look over their dining sets again but didn't see anything I really liked right off. This is from Raymour & Flanigan - somewhat higher priced stuff but I have a few pieces from them and I really like them.
http://www.raymourflanigan.com/chace-5-pc-dining-set-798012375.aspx
They have flash for the pics so I can't get it to post here. The table is about a foot shorter than the one I have now and this only has 4 chairs. The china cabinet is 46" as opposed to the 70"+ one I have now.
Rough estimate of all of the above would be about 3k. :surrender:
So if you've made it this far, what do you think?