Thanks, Amish
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Just purchased my first "nice" piece of furniture. A kitchen table, that is Amish-made/quality from a local distributor here in Minnesota. The wood is quarter sawn white oak, in a michael's cherry stain. Everything I buy now I hope to have for 30+ years, compared to what I had in my condo before which I knew was meant to get me through 5-10 years.
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@jon-nyc said in Thanks, Amish:
Nice!!
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Delivers in a few weeks. 42" wide by 54" long (extends to 66" and 78" with the 2 leaves). I am a COMPLETE noob when it comes to wood work, but I liked the quarter sawn style and the grain of the wood makes a nice pattern on the table and in the chairs. Also my current kitchen chairs are literally falling apart (one leg broke off the other day, no fat jokes plz), so this is a nice change.
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Just a note...Wood finish like the above, is a drag on the current everyday use antique market and is bringing less than a few years ago. I saw a nice solid wood Duncan Phyfe set the other day, $650 for the table, six chairs and a small china hutch.
I think a good nose and an eye for quality could save you some money.
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Good info, thanks! Buying a house and furnishing it has been a nice crash course in learning a lot about stuff I never considered before - aerating the lawn, getting hot water quickly to the further point in the house, maintenance on an air exchange, types of wood in furniture, etc. I'm enjoying it so far.
