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house update: dining room

Well, you've been watching me post over and over about stuff we were (I was) buying for the house. I'm done. Pretty much. I have 2 more phones to bid on, but having lost so many auctions because the people wanted $220 for a vintage phone (sucks balls, I tell you), I'm glad to be done.

Yesterday I found out the contract for the house had to be rewritten, but yadda yadda, now it's changed our date of possession. It's now the 6th. 7 days after we close. Apparently the 7 days is set in stone because it's in the contract. All I know is it is frustrating as hell. All this stuff should say "no later than" and be contingent on the buyers moving out. I just put in for vacation to move, and now I have to change it. This pissed me off immensely, since now it's AFTER our yard sale. What the fuck. Bad timing. The goal was to be moved before the yard sale and then not have to move squat after it.

Last night, we went to dinner with our neighbors, Dave and Mary Beth.While waiting to leave, we found out they want to get a new dining room set, and want to sell theirs. Guess what? It's deco. And it's priced right. And it has ALL pieces. 6 chairs, a table with leaf, a buffet with hutch, a sideboard and a server. Kick ass, eh? Oh, and they're willing to let us pay on installments. Woohoo!

Then we got talking about lighting... lots of stuff we like, and which fits with the room, and some of it is inexpensive. Inexpensive is always good. And, Mary Beth says she has tons of lamps in the attic to let us browse for other rooms.

This is the chandelier I found last night:

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That means we're done with the dining room! Kick ass! And we've got a good start on the living room, although I still need a photo from my friend Ray of the furniture he wants to get rid of. I may have to get creative with the stuff I have already.

Ok, now I'm running later than I wanted to be for work, so I'll finish posting in a bit.

Comments

The dates could easily change again.

Yes. I know that. Duh. We had discussed this already. I don't have to like it.

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