Craigslist Ad: Table and Five Chairs

I've recently entered the world of "Big-Boy" furniture and the beloved hand-me-downs of my previous existence need to go in order to make room. This set has served two generations and two siblings quite well over the course of its lifetime. The set has lots of features and was given to us by my wife's brother who got it from his mom and dad who got it from the store. It's solid wood, I think maple, possibly some sort of rare species that will be sure to bring you luck and prosperity... Possibly.

The table has two wings that flap down if you need it to be smaller. Like the side mirrors on an Escalade except they work manually and they are table parts, not parts from a Cadillac. It also has a pretty cool integrated leaf section that does an Optimus Prime kind of transformation when you pull it apart in the instance that you need even more table space than the Escalade wings provide. With the wings out and the leaf in place it measures about 6' 3", no leaf in place, it's 5' even. Wings down and no leaf it's...smaller. I didn't measure but I provided a picture with my Chocolate Lab for a sense of scale. The table is 38 inches wide regardless of configuration. It's as tall as a table typically is.

By now you are probably saying, "Wow! It transforms, has parts analogous to a Cadillac, is SOLID wood and is loved by Chocolate Labs--why is it only $50?" Well... It's not all good news. 

As touched on briefly... it's been around a while. Not really long enough to be an antique, just long enough to be old. I'm not positive but I'm thinking its origins are around the Carter administration. Due to the age and serving two sets of folks going through the stage of young adult to full-on adult, the table has a few scratches and watermarks and overall it's a bit creaky. The chairs are kind of wobbly and have had a few repairs over the years. In fact, it WAS a set of six chairs but one ended up being more useful as firewood. The "bonus chair" really functions better as a concept of a chair than an actual chair but, if you have skinny friends, it will do. There is nothing here that and hour and a tube of wood glue couldn't solve. I just went the all-American way and bought new s**t. 

For real though... Where else can you get a made-in-America, solid-wood, flip-flop transforming dining set for fifty bucks? Even if you wanted to stoop to something made of wood shavings, glue and the screams of a dying planet (particle board) you are looking at something three times this amount. So c'mon... buy my old table and chairs, be a hero, be a champion and eat your dinner off of a piece of Americana!