The Harvest Table

Here it is the long awaited table...I must say it was worth the wait...we love it!!! we ordered this table from Pottery Barn back at the end of October...it took 3 weeks which was perfect it would be just in time for Thanksgiving well we received a call that the table came but 2 of the chairs died in delivery...we decided to wait to pick up the table until the chairs came in as well which would be of course another 2-3 weeks...well at least we would have it before Christmas...sure enough we recieved the call that all the pieces were in so we were off to Fresno to pick up the long awaited table...I was sooooo excited...well we got the table brought it home and Darin put it all together it was finally time to lift the table into place...the table was soooo heavy Darin had to lift my side so I could get my hand under it to lift it...we lifted sat it in place and the whole center came crashing down onto our tile in the dining area...I yelled and Darin stood there in fear that he had done something wrong...but he hadn't it turned out the table was defective...can you believe it!!! Of course Pottery Barn assured us that this had never happend before and our only option was to order another table...ugh...which of course ment another 3 weeks...on the positive they gave us 20% off for our trouble which adds up on such a high ticket item so of course we took them up on it...Our table finally came 3 weeks later and off we went once again...the broken Table neatly packed back in its box and us hoping silently that the same thing didn't happen to the new and improved table...Darin dropped me off at the front of the store and decided I should pick out some new dishes for my patients and to use up the 20% discount we received...because we would have spent the money any way of course...I was just heart broken to have to do that...Darin drove around to the pick-up in the pack of the store...after purchasing the dishes I walked around to pick-up to see 3 men hovering around the broken table, one of them being Darin...evidently the manufacturer had neglected to use the glue needed to hold the table together...as they loaded up my brand new dishes Darin and I looked over to witness one of the gentleman chucking this beautiful glueless table into the dumpster... our mouths hit the ground...we just couldn't believe it!!! We would have taken it out of the dumpster ourselves but we didn't have room in the Tahoe to transport it...well as you can see 2 1/2ish months later we have our table...and we are loving every minute of it...we need 4 more chairs but that will have to wait...