The table is kinda in pieces. Oh yeah, and the furniture is all water damaged, with the veneer warped and peeling off.
Still a deal? You betcha!
The six chairs are very sturdy. They could use some re-gluing as they are squeaky, but they can hold my weight--which is saying something! Usually I see chairs like this for $40 a piece and up at yard sales, and they're falling apart. The guy only wanted $300 for the chairs, and threw the rest in for free. I talked him down to $250, and he threw in this chair...
and a wooden office chair on wheels (to be featured in an upcoming before/after post) for free. Cool!
The guy is a furniture refinisher, and showed me how I could fix the veneer and refinish it. He said he got it from an insurance company. It had been damaged when the owners were away, and the sprinkler system in the house malfunctioned. The owners kept the china hutch and the insurance company replaced the rest...and the refinisher bought it from them. He's had it four years, and hasn't found the time to do it. He had several projects he was selling. He said it would be a $3000 set if he re-did it himself. He and his wife were really nice...they loaded the set up for me (twice, it took two trips) and he gave me his phone number and said to call if I needed any advice. People are so nice around here.
Now I'm no fool...I don't have his talent and experience. It would take a lot of work and know-how to make this set really shine again by refinishing it. But I'm not planning to...I'm going to paint it. I'm starting with recovering and painting the chairs one by one this week (tutorial coming soon). I think the pieces look worse than they are--the damage is all to the veneer. So it's not as bad as it looks. It should be a real learning experience. I'm looking forward to it!
Here's the buffet (the sideboard is hiding behind it)....
Here is the neato silverware insert for the buffet top drawer...
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