Furniture!

Yesterday we went into town to get groceries and to make the next installment in the great cell phone epic (looong, unimportant saga of first world problems. Long story short I will have a phone tomorrow evening. It only took a week. *sigh*). Anyway, while there we decided to go into the Heat and Stroke furniture store to take a look at what they had. Turns out they had lots that we really, really liked at fantastic prices. So we made our selections, paid for them, paid the whopping 25 pounds for delivery, and had to agree that today would be soon enough (have I mentioned that I LOVE how quickly things are delivered in this country? And how inexpensively. Seriously, 25 pounds to have 10 pieces of furniture delivered the next day? On a sunday? And the guy actually apologized for the price and how long it would take. Honestly! Back home we'd be waiting for a couple weeks and paying through the nose. Love it! So the delivery truck arrived today, well within the delivery window. Not only did they bring us pretty stuff, but they took our old dining table away so we don't have to deal with it. They'll sell it as is, the Heart and Stroke Foundation will get more money out of the deal, and we don't have to figure out how to dispose of it. How is that a bad thing? This is what our dining room looked like when they were done:

Apparently the furniture we selected was all from a store foreclosure or something, so everything is brand new from the factory for a fraction of the price.

Our brand new lovely nesting tables. I have no idea where they will end up, but they were pretty and a great price, so who cares? I'm sure we'll find somewhere to put them to excellent use in one of the two lounges.

Our new coffee table.

One of our 6 new dining chairs.

To go with our new dining room table (with gratuitous cute toddler picture).

And the matching sideboard. I think ultimately we're doing to put wine racks inside this to solve our wine storage issue. I love the grain in the wood and the metal details. So pretty! And all this for under £1000 including delivery.

And finally a picture of Maggie in her father's boots. She seemed to think it would be a good idea to wear them. I thought it was cute.