I got our new kitchen/breakfast room table put together. I know many people have lost sleep over whether or not I would get a table and chairs. Ha!
I had bought a table about three weeks ago that had no chairs with it. I began a mission to find a deal on some good and STURDY chairs. I did not really care the color of the wood because I had every intention of painting and distressing them myself. The bad thing is that I don't really know what I am doing when it comes to painting and distressing furniture. I like to think I do, but I don't.
I spent three solid days going to flea markets, antique stores and just pure junk stores. I met some nice shop owners and some rude ones. I had a mouse/ rat run right in front of me in one store. I had some fun times and some times that I just got depressed seeing old smelly junk!
I prayed as I went to each place that the Lord would help me find the right chairs.
I spotted the chairs above on a Monday morning. I went to about five other places and decided to go back. The chairs came with a table and the man told me that I had to buy and take the table if I bought the chairs. I sure did not need the table. When I went back to the store that afternoon I sat in each chair to make sure they were good and strong. I prayed that I would know if I should buy them or not. As I was sitting in one of the chairs praying and debating on what to do , the store owner said, "Oh FIGGY PUDDING!"
Now, Figgy Pudding and Klutter are two shops in a neighboring state that take old furniture and do BEAUTIFUL things with it. They are the guru women on furniture makeovers.
When the man said, "Oh Figgy Pudding," I thought ,"Ok Lord, I just need to go to her store and find some chairs and let her work her magic on them."
A young girl and an older woman walk in the store and lo and behold if it was not Figgy Pudding herself and her Mom. I recognized her mom from a facebook picture. I stalked her through the junk and then introduced myself and told her I was trying to find chairs to go with a farmhouse table. I asked her is she had any and she said that she did not at this time. I took her over to the table and chairs I had my eye on and she encourage me to get them. She said that she had almost bought them last week. She told me she would buy the table and I could buy the chairs! BINGO! I also asked how much she would charge me to paint and distress the chairs. She gave me a good price and she even loaded the chairs on her truck and took them with her. I had no way to even get the chairs home. (We are a car family.)
Would you say that was meant to be?
God cares about the little things in our lives........even kitchen chairs.
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And this is very inspirational to me b/c I am literally paralyzed and cannot make myself make one single decorating decision. I spend hours looking at things, almost buy something and then don't. Obviously I need to pray. And I'm going to now!
Blessings,
Amy
We updated our dining table (our everything table!) last year, as we now have 4 kids, and like to have extras for guests. My husband found at a garage sale, an 8 seater pine colonial style table and chairs in near new condition at 1/5 of the retail cost. God is good!
Bless you Laurie, your posts bring a smile to my day,
Claire
It made me laugh to think of you sitting in each of the chairs in the flea market! too funny!
Jaimi
nice!