06/09/2012

We made a day of shopping yesterday.  Went to the building supply store first, and he ordered all his lumber & stuff for the skirting on the post&beam foundation and the railings on the porches.  They will deliver it sometime next week, they had to order some of the lattice in as they didn't have enough to fill our order.  So, it'll be after they get that in that the delivery people will bring all of it. 

We went through Mtn Grove & even wandered over to Cabool.  Went to a couple of antique stores, 3 or 4 flea markets, and a few used/new furniture stores looking for a dining room set.  We saw I don't know how many beat-up, chewed-up, used-up sets, or some with 3 chairs, 4 chairs, even 5 chairs...  but nothing GOOD with 6 chairs.  A couple of folks had told us about a used furniture store in Mtn Grove, though.  There used to be one there but it closed down 6 years ago or so.  One lady finally explained right where it was located, and we went to look there.  Turns out the guy just had moved his store a few blocks & off the main hiway.  Now it's in a place that has 2 garage doors. 

He was open, and Drone walked in & asked how much for the table & chairs you're sitting on?  I was still getting out of the truck, but I heard the guy say $225 and Drone asked, how much for the hutch?  The guy said $200, and it matches.  Drone said Yes, I can tell it's a set.  Would you take $400 for the whole works?  The guy said Why, sure.  Drone said, Load it up.  I hadn't even had a chance to get up to the door & get a good look at it before all this conversation took place.  BUT, it IS a gorgeous set.   China hutch is lighted with 3 leaded glass doors on top, 2 glass shelves with plate rails, and it's a 2-piece thing so the top sets on the bottom with 3 more doors & 2 big drawers in the bottom half of it.  The table is really pretty too, rectangular with a leaf, 6 chairs, and chair cushions went with it.  It sure fills out the dining area really nicely.  The hutch fits right into the space between the corner of the room and the sliding glass doors and the table fits right under the ceiling fan like it was designed for our space.  I'll get pictures later and post them.  It's oak, so it matches all the cabinets. 

At this point, the only room that really hasn't got oak in it is the guest room.  We did look for a nice headboard for that bed yesterday too, but we haven't found anything that was nice enough yet.  So far, we've really had good luck with finding just the right furniture at just the right time at our prices of what we can afford. 

He has a guy coming after the box blade today, so then he can go get the Lexan for the greenhouse.  Anyway, he has all the tractor implements listed for sale. We also ended up at Walmart for our shopping list, plus hit the $1.25 shop and Dollar General.  We had a really fun day, and went out to eat dinner at the Mexican restaurant in Mtn Grove.  He said he liked spoiling me.

So that's our adventures for yesterday.  Hope everybody has a great day today and a great weekend too!