Our table is here!!! Mark, the mysterious delivery man, called me yesterday afternoon to say that he was an hour away from our house. After I gave him directions to our house, I kept an eye out for the delivery truck, so I could forewarn him that Hannah was asleep. Two hours later my doorbell rang. It was Mark, saying that he was parked in my driveway. This surprised me, because I had not seen, nor heard, a large diesel engine delivery truck turn down our street or park in our driveway. To my amazement, our furniture arrived in the back of a pick-up truck. Now, this wasn't some big, manly 4 x4 with an extended cab. . . it was a tiny little 2 seater pick-up (smaller than the S-10 my sister Katie drives). After he unloaded our boxes (all eight chair boxes traveled in the cab with him--granted, they were flat, but still?!?!?), Mark handed me a random screw that he found in his truck bed, and said I may want to hang on to it. . . just in case it went with my order. SKETCHY!!!!!!!!! The whole situation was weird, but I am thrilled to have the wonderful, big new table the Lord has blessed us with!Though the entire IKEA process took much longer than we had originally anticipated, we are very pleased. The furniture seems to be very good quality(all real wood), and it was quite affordable (as far as furniture goes). They make the furniture VERY easy to assemble too. I had the table and four of the chairs put together in less than two hours.
I am so excited to have a table that can seat up to ten people. The table seats eight without the leaf (which is stored under the table top), and ten with the leaf. I look forward to seeing how the Lord uses this table over the years. I hope that this table will allow us to spend precious time together as a family, enjoy the company of friends, and minister to others. And, I pray the Lord fills up several of those chairs with more little Brookses.
7 comments:
the table is cute and looks good with everything else. michael would love one of those one day for all of our six multicultural little children
It's beautiful! I know you are excited! I've never heard of IKEA - definitely need to check it out! The china cabinet you repainted is awesome, too! You did a great job. I know you want a lot of great memories at this table, and I hope that's just what you have.... what you said reminded me of a neat article Nancy Wilson wrote about their table. Well, enjoy it! And I hope that was just some random, extra screw! :)
I LOVE IKEA!!! I got all my stuff in Slovakia from there, and I was never disappointed with what I bought. May that table bless all who eat around it!
Love the table! Now when is dinner? :o)
I'm glad your table arrived safely. The last sentence about "more little Brookses" paints such a sweet picture. This first year of life for Hannah and Philip has gone so fast that it's hard to imagine how quickly our future offspring will be here. (Shall we spawn another? Heehee.)
Beautiful table, Lori. I'm sure you'll never have a problem filling it up - especially because you're such a great cook! I love your new recipe section. :)
I'm way behind because we were out of town at the end of last week, but it looks great! I know that with your love of cooking lots of people will be blessed around the table.
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