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Home » Bring back Dining!

Bring back Dining!

May 12, 2013 by Nanny 7 Comments

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I always wanted a nice, old dining suite – you know – the oak table, padded chairs and buffet to match.  I had looked in the furniture stores and nothing ‘modern’ worked for me.

One day, PJ (Poppy) dropped me off at the local Salvation Army shop while he did an errand and when I went into the back room I saw it!!!! An oak table with 4 chairs, 2 captain’s chairs and a buffet.

Well, I was beside my self with excitement and I just had to growl fiercely   smile sweetly at anyone who ventured too near while I waited for PJ to return.

At last he arrived and after a little inspection we purchased the lot and I felt like I’d won the lottery!

Mind you, it needed a hell of a lot  a little bit of work!

The table pieces – needed re-clamping, stripping, sanding and finishing.

The chairs on careful inspection required a complete re-build   :/  The springs were ‘sprung’ and poking through the seat pads.  We decide that after all of that time and effort on PJ’s behalf,  they deserved to be professionally re-upholstered.

The buffet was in great condition – it just needed stripping, sanding and finishing.

When I look at these photos I cringe at the ‘pub red’ carpet – we had just moved in but that’s another story….
Would you like to see the finished results?  What colour do you think I used on the chair pads?
Until next time
Nanny xx

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Comments

  1. Mel@Mellywood's Mansion says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:21 am

    I want to see what you did I’m going with blue chair pads, no idea why I think that

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  2. Nanny@nannynotes2u says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:34 am

    Thanks Mel – blue? That does sound nice…….

    Reply
  3. Jane from Lil Pip says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:51 am

    Oh curious now.

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  4. Nanny@nannynotes2u says

    May 12, 2013 at 11:42 am

    Not having a guess Jane? All will be revealed! lol

    Reply
  5. Mrs. Lucky says

    May 13, 2013 at 3:39 am

    Definitely looking forward to the end result! If the carpet wasn’t red, I would have gone for red but it may be too much red now. Hmmm… May be cream colour?

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      May 13, 2013 at 11:15 am

      Thanks Mrs Lucky! All will all be revealed as soon as I get myself organised. 🙂

      Reply

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  1. » Wonder no more … says:
    January 24, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    […] nannycra | Category: Uncategorized4 comments In the last posts, I  shared  the dining suite and lounge that I had found and today I show you the result of quite a bit of work! The Buffet – […]

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