March 1, 2010

9 Hints That It Is Time For A New Dining Room Set

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“Let’s just wait a while longer before getting that new dining room set” you said, thinking of a few household expenses you wanted to take care of first.  That was good thinking at the time but  now the “dining room issue” is kind of impinging on your family’s style.

Here are 9 hints that you need a new dining room set:

9. Breakfasts, lunches and dinners tend to be eaten in the living room because it’s “more comfortable” in there.
That’s just beating around the bush.  It’s like saying I’d rather walk the three miles to work because it’s healthier for me rather than getting your car fixed.

8. You go out to dinner with the family just so you can eat at a table that fits all of you comfortably.
If you’re not sure the plate you’re eating off of belongs to you or the person sitting beside you it may be understandable that you drag the crew out for dinners.

7.  You avoid the topic of family gatherings when talking to family because it would be embarrassing if you had to host it.
I know, what’s worse than the relatives making jokes about your furniture under their breath when they don’t know you’re standing right behind them?

6.  Of the five chairs around your dining room table, only two of them match and those two are a wee bit wobbly.
At meal time, it’s like musical chairs in your dining room—the last two to the table get the “rocking chairs” which everyone knows may not make it through even one more meal.

5. You always promised yourself you would update the dining room when the kids moved out but the kids moved out five years ago and now there’s an echo between you and your spouse at the other end.
That was five years ago, now and it is a bit sad eating at a table with so many empty chairs.   With fewer visitors now that the kids have left and less people to impress, maybe you just got to the point of “Why bother?”  These are the best years of your life.  If you are spending a good amount of time in your home, don’t renege on those promises–you’ll love yourself for keeping them.

4.  When your In-Laws visit, they always mention how “cute” it is that “lil ol’ table” is still around—especially since they were about to give it to the salvation army before their son moved out and took it with him to college.
Is it sentimental value or tight purse strings that prevents you from taking the life support off that old thing and letting it slip into annals of family history.  It was almost gone once, don’t prolong its misery any longer.

3. Lemon-yellow Formica dinette set
With the passing of a few decades, state of the art becomes kitsch–which wouldn’t be all that bad if anything else in the house matched it–which it doesn’t.

2.  Your “dining room table” is long and narrow and is attached to your kitchen counter.
Just so you know, that’s called a breakfast bar and it’s called that because it’s best for quick meals on-the-fly, not a 3 course dinner with the family

1. When you open the leaves of the table so everyone can sit down, at least one person gets trapped at the table until the meal is finished. The wrong shaped table for your dining space is as bad or worse as the wrong size table.

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