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This And That - Often Non Pet Related Topics => Recreational (and more) Activities => Funnies => Topic started by: Lola on August 22, 2018, 05:51:14 PM

Title: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Lola on August 22, 2018, 05:51:14 PM
This picture is more funny, if you could see that there are several people at the dinner table also.  I felt it best to cut them out... privacy issues.
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Lola on August 22, 2018, 06:03:50 PM
Speaking of dinner tables...
We had that table for more years then I can remember.  Hubby wanted one of those bar height tables for a looooong time.  When my mother passed away, we "traded" our table for her bar height table.  Goodwill picked it up. 

Cats love the new table!  We HATE it. 

Old table seated 8 people.  We could add 4 more chairs, and everyone still be fairly comfortable. 
Bar height table seats 6.  We could add two more chairs, but who has spare bar height chairs!  The bar stools, at the counter, are much shorter. 
New table also has permanent seat cushions... cat hair big time!  More work.  I bought covers and remove them when we have guests. 

We went to a few Goodwill places... hoping to buy our old table back.  No luck.   Silly7
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Middle Child on August 22, 2018, 06:22:25 PM
Awww!

Oh no, I guess hind sight being 20 20 you should have kept the other table until you were sure you liked the new one.

Don't know what a bar height table is though. You have to have high tall chairs too?  Sounds very uncomfortable to me!

PS I knew that was Arrows before I saw the title of the pic.  HeadButt
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: ThreeStep on August 22, 2018, 07:22:38 PM
I do not see the place setting with mouses.
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: ThreeStep on August 22, 2018, 07:25:57 PM
Speaking of dinner tables...
We had that table for more years then I can remember.  Hubby wanted one of those bar height tables for a looooong time.  When my mother passed away, we "traded" our table for her bar height table.  Goodwill picked it up. 

Cats love the new table!  We HATE it. 

Old table seated 8 people.  We could add 4 more chairs, and everyone still be fairly comfortable. 
Bar height table seats 6.  We could add two more chairs, but who has spare bar height chairs!  The bar stools, at the counter, are much shorter. 
New table also has permanent seat cushions... cat hair big time!  More work.  I bought covers and remove them when we have guests. 

We went to a few Goodwill places... hoping to buy our old table back.  No luck.   Silly7

SO ordered the short legs for the bar stools when we moved. Worked well. No clue what happened to the tall ones two moves ago. We do have four chairs with backs ( hefty) and two without (now hallway and bathroom).
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Middle Child on August 22, 2018, 07:50:13 PM
I do not see the place setting with mouses.

 funny2 funny2 funny2 funny2
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Pookie on August 22, 2018, 08:13:43 PM
This picture is more funny, if you could see that there are several people at the dinner table also.  I felt it best to cut them out... privacy issues.

It's missing the little bubble over his head for his thoughts:  So . . . when do we eat and what's for dinner?   Silly7
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: ThreeStep on August 23, 2018, 06:53:37 AM
Foxi, my parents Turkish Van foundling, would sit on a chair at the table, tail hanging down prim and proper and wait for my father to give him a bit of ham from his plate. They had a ritual worked out around that.
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Lola on August 23, 2018, 04:18:55 PM
Arrows used to sit in a chair, all nice like that.  However, he was so darn cute, we would give him food from our plates.  He no longer sits nice anymore.  We created a beggar.  If we don't share... he steals. 
We think it is funny.  Yeah, we reward bad behavior... Silly7
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Middle Child on August 24, 2018, 04:49:39 AM
 funny2
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Lola on September 13, 2018, 05:49:41 PM
Speaking of dinner tables...
We had that table for more years then I can remember.  Hubby wanted one of those bar height tables for a looooong time.  When my mother passed away, we "traded" our table for her bar height table.  Goodwill picked it up. 

Cats love the new table!  We HATE it. 

Old table seated 8 people.  We could add 4 more chairs, and everyone still be fairly comfortable. 
Bar height table seats 6.  We could add two more chairs, but who has spare bar height chairs!  The bar stools, at the counter, are much shorter. 
New table also has permanent seat cushions... cat hair big time!  More work.  I bought covers and remove them when we have guests. 

We went to a few Goodwill places... hoping to buy our old table back.  No luck.   Silly7

UPDATE:

After looking for months and months, we have decided to have someone make us a table and chairs.  Price is just a bit more then a thrift store table/chairs that isn't what we really want.  Price is much LESS then tables/chairs we found that we did like.

Picture of table before it is stained.
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Middle Child on September 13, 2018, 07:53:11 PM
This is a custom made table to fit the high chairs? 

Cool!

bananamiddlechild

Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Lola on September 13, 2018, 08:15:56 PM
I edited my post.

We are having a table and chairs made by the same person.  They are "regular" height.  Our bar height table and chairs will be going to a new home.  :)
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Pookie on September 13, 2018, 10:16:46 PM
Nice!  The cats will be disappointed that the bar height table is being replaced.   Silly7
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: ThreeStep on September 14, 2018, 10:11:54 AM
I think you will enjoy this table for a long time and over time it will gain patina as in scratches, rubs, memories:>)
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Lola on November 02, 2018, 03:09:08 PM
New table and chairs were delivered today.  I took several pictures.  None of my pictures do the table and chairs justice. You will have to get the idea from her pictures I posted earlier in the thread.

I have been pricing tables and chairs for awhile.  Buying online and her LOW prices made me a bit nervous.  To explain... Can't exactly get a feel for quality looking at pictures.  Plus, I was thinking if her prices are so much lower then anything I have seen, whether handcrafted or off the assembly line, is the quality going to stink?  Hubby and I convinced ourselves... at the very least, we will have a nice outside picnic table.  :)

OH.MY.GOSH! We were VERY pleasantly surprised! The stain is perfect.  A good mix of light and medium browns.  The table and chairs are beefy, sturdy, solid, etc.  Simple, but not boring.  The workmanship is out of this world! 

I THINK the term is "rustic."  If any of it gets scratches or whatever, it will add charm...not ruin anything. 
 
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: ThreeStep on November 02, 2018, 06:34:23 PM
Pictures! Bad or good does not matter! Not a good time now but if you want I will type the story of our table which is now you know what.
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Middle Child on November 02, 2018, 07:32:05 PM
Who is "her"?

So glad you like them!

I agree with threestep, pictures are needed.
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Pookie on November 02, 2018, 09:37:29 PM
OH.MY.GOSH! We were VERY pleasantly surprised! The stain is perfect.  A good mix of light and medium browns.  The table and chairs are beefy, sturdy, solid, etc.  Simple, but not boring.  The workmanship is out of this world! 

That's wonderful!  I'm so glad you both are happy with them.  And just to make it unanimous:

 withoutpictures      :D
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Lola on November 03, 2018, 10:36:55 AM
I didn't want to post pictures because the workmanship is SO much better in person.  Better then I am able to capture.  The one chair isn't black, like it looks in picture.  None of it is as dark as it looks. 
BTW "she" is the lady that made the table and chairs.
The table is 90" long and 48" wide.  It can easily fit 10, but we opted for 8 chairs.  A bench or benches was also an option.  Benches look cool, but not practical for our family parties. 
There is no center leg (or whatever it is called) under the table linking the outside "legs" together for sturdiness.   It is VERY sturdy without.  That is a huge plus.  No ramming body parts into a middle piece.
Also the frame under the table top only hangs down about 2 inches.  (You can't see it in picture) Another huge plus.  We don't hit our knees on it. 
An area rug would really look nice, but I don't do area rugs.  More to clean.  Silly7
Since we allow our cats to go where they want... a centerpiece or runner isn't an option either. 
PS The seller apparently doesn't take good pictures either, because we weren't expecting it to be as nice as it is.   ;D
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: Pookie on November 03, 2018, 12:15:20 PM
Very nice!  And apparently the cats like it, too!
Title: Re: Dinner Guest...
Post by: ThreeStep on November 03, 2018, 02:16:32 PM
Cat approved - what more can you ask for. Very nice. Congratulations - you will get a lot of wear and memories out of it.