Amazing deals as people downsize
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Growing up, 8 of us had dinner at the kitchen table every night. Except on Sunday when we all had dinner at my grandmother's dining room table.
Now it's the table in the breakfast nook at my house or my daughter's on weekends. The dining rooms gathers dust.
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Look, I don't live in as large a house as many of you do. There's a couple of barstools by the kitchen bartop, but we never eat there. Other than that, the dining table is right there.
Most of the time, I don't have the leaves in, so it only seats six. When the kids are home or friends drop by, I sometimes need all the table I can get. We can feed 8 with space, or 12 if we get real friendly.
I just like taking my meals at the table. Occasionally, for shits and grins, I enjoy pulling out the china and the matching glasses and actually having a nice dinner with friends.
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@jolly said in Amazing deals as people downsize:
Look, I don't live in as large a house as many of you do. There's a couple of barstools by the kitchen bartop, but we never eat there. Other than that, the dining table is right there.
Most of the time, I don't have the leaves in, so it only seats six. When the kids are home or friends drop by, I sometimes need all the table I can get. We can feed 8 with space, or 12 if we get real friendly.
I just like taking my meals at the table. Occasionally, for shits and grins, I enjoy pulling out the china and the matching glasses and actually having a nice dinner with friends.
Don't sweat it, man. We still use a dining room table, too.
But in the post-COVID times, it also doubles as our work desk.
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We had our dining room set built by the local Amish. Solid Oak, 54"x 12' with the leaves in. It seats 12 easily and more if you get cozy.
The hutch is 7' tall by 96" wide
I cannot imagine anyone wanting such a table or china cupboard/hutch. It will stay with this house when we leave, because we designed it for this house.
We used to fill it with family every holiday.
Now it's just 2 or 3 of us. Holidays might see 6 to 8 people.
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@mark said in Amazing deals as people downsize:
We had our dining room set built by the local Amish. Solid Oak, 54"x 12' with the leaves in. It seats 12 easily and more if you get cozy.
The hutch is 7' tall by 96" wide
I cannot imagine anyone wanting such a table or china cupboard/hutch. It will stay with this house when we leave, because we designed it for this house.
We used to fill it with family every holiday.
Now it's just 2 or 3 of us. Holidays might see 6 to 8 people.
You need to feed more people!
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@loki said in Amazing deals as people downsize:
If it’s mid century modern it will capture a premium. Otherwise I heard from someone, if it’s brown flush it down.
Which is a crying shame. In a few years, fashion will change and people will decry all the painted and distressed furniture...
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@loki said in Amazing deals as people downsize:
If it’s mid century modern it will capture a premium. Otherwise I heard from someone, if it’s brown flush it down.
Mid century modern - the furniture none of us wanted to take when we left the house. Too old fashioned.
We eat at either the dining room table, as we did Saturday night, or at a glass topped 4'round table in the sunroom. Or on the deck. If it's just MFR and I we might eat in front of the squackbox if we've been together all day.
