Dining Room, Done!

After a morning of battling with allen wrenches and wooden dowels, I have fully assembled our dining room! Actually, that's not true. Obviously I'm still missing two chairs, but let's pretend I already assembled those.

We are now the owners or a lovely 6 person dining set. We purchased our dining set through furniture2go.com, which has amazing prices. The table has an 18" butterfly leaf. That means, unlike removable leaves which have to be stored in a closet, this table actually has hinges that store the leaf under the table at all times. When you pull the two large sections apart, the leaf rises and flips out, making this an 8 person table. I can't extend the table without the help of another person, but I'm looking forward to trying it and posting on how well it works.

For now, I can say I'm very happy with furniture2go. I have assembled a lot of furniture in my time: IKEA, Target, random Chinese furniture warehouses...this was the easiest by far. All the parts fit, there were no spare or missing parts, and the rubber wood that the pieces are made of is actually quite heavy and feels like it has a decent amount of oil in it. Time will tell whether these pieces are durable, but for the price I'd be happy if they lasted even a few years.