Time to grow up a little.

Rich and I had a discussion about two weeks ago over our existing furniture. A LOT of it is stuff that was hand me downs, thrift store, or consignment purchase. Not that there's anything wrong with that, the pieces have served us well. We just felt like maybe it's time to buy a few pieces that are 'forever' furniture.

Case in point, the dining room. Right now, I have a cheap Laura Ashley table and six chairs sitting in my dining room. While functional, with the growing family I need to seat more than 6 at holiday dinners. Also, the light wood top and hunter green accenting really isn't my style.

Then there are the 6 ratan dressers(32wX30hX20D). I actually don't mind these. I've used them in the dining room, my bedroom, an office. The cat, Phebs, uses them as a scratching post.

For two weekends, Rich and I have scoured all the furniture stores looking for the perfect table. These were the specifications.

1. Sort of rustic or old world. - problem is Rich doesn't like antiques, so the 'rustic' gets hard to accomplish

2. A medium stain wood, no dark walnut.

3. All wood chairs, no cloth back or seat (cloth + kiddos= stains(think spaghetti))

We finally found something we can both agree on.

I LOVE the legs on the table!


The gorgeous parquet top


The hutch, which is actually from another set because we disliked the one in the first pick. Plus, I need more storage than the matching one would provide.