pameladean

UPDATE:  Arrangements on the other end of this fell through, so we aren't actually going to be faced with a batch of furniture tomorrow, Thursday the 28th. We're hoping to reschedule on the weekend. I'll make new posts with updates as I learn what's going on.

Original Post:

This is a long shot, but I thought it couldn't hurt.

Unless you have very effective medication and don't mind taking it, I don't think this is a project for people who are allergic to cats.

We could us some help on Thursday -- yes, that's tomorrow -- moving some furniture that's coming from David's parents' old house, which his sister is selling. We are all getting old and creaky, and some of the people David had hoped would be available to help are out of town or whatever.

We don't have a schedule yet, I'm afraid. The furniture is coming from Northfield. You can comment here, or email me or David: I'm p d d b at demesne dot com, and he's d d - b at dd-b dot net. Remove spaces in everything before the "at". And I'll update here when I have information.

The salient projects:

Moving an old sofa out of the upstairs and back to the alley.
Moving another old, fairly light sofa from the downstairs to the upstairs to replace the doomed sofa.
Moving a new-to-us sofa into the downstairs.
Moving a large buffet or breakfront into the downstairs. It's only about waist-high, not one of these really tall things, but it's fairly heavy.

There are also a couple of end tables, a dining-room table, and a chair to come in, but those aren't a problem for us.

In related matters, we have some furniture that is free to a good home.  Here are the details:


One round drop-leaf table, 54 inches in diameter with the drop leaves up; it also has three 10-inch leaves that can be inserted in the middle to make an 84 -inch oval table. The surface has some of those white marks caused by careless people's putting hot items down without a trivet, but they should come right up with a little Elbow Grease or equivalent (by which I mean the commercial product, not mere physical effort).

A set of three hutches intended to be lined up in a row. The two end pieces consist of a cupboard with a shelf inside, a drawer above the cupboard, and a solid wooden door. On top of each of these sits a set of three shelves. The first two shelves have a groove in them suitable for displaying plates, though we've always used them for cookbooks. The top shelf is narrower and we've generally displayed pitchers and small teapots up there. The set of shelves also has, below the shelves proper, a shallow drawer suitable for storing napkins, decks of cards, or anything else that isn't too bulky.

The middle hutch is a three-drawer chest. This piece is getting warped and it's hard to open and close the drawers.

The end hutches are 24 inches wide, 18 inches deep, and 30 inches high. The shelves that sit on them are 47 inches high and 11 inches deep at most; also 24 inches wide, of course, since they are made to sit on the hutches.

The middle chest of drawers is 35 1/2 inches wide, 30 inches high, 18 inches deep.

My mother thinks the furniture is made of maple; we honestly don't know. It's a rich medium brown and has a glossy finish.

The legs of the table are a little scratched and scarred. There are one or two scratches and some paler discolorations on the hutches, and some of the hardware needs to be tightened or to have a screw replaced. And there is, as mentioned above, some difficulty with the drawers of the central unit.

Here is a link to some not-good photos of the hutches. David's camera is in the shop, sadly.

<https://www.facebook.com/illegalname/posts/10156888953210620>

This is a Facebook post, but you don't need to be a member or log in to see the photos.

There is no huge hurry about getting this furniture out of the house, as we have figured out where to store it (also on the first floor; it won't have to be hauled out of the basement or anything). You can arrange to come and see it and think it over, or do these things in the other order, or whatever.

Thanks, all.

Pamela