July 2, 2012

• Fantasy Shopping

  When we were visiting my parents a couple weeks ago, Pop-pop took us to an outdoor furniture mecca.

  He just had to get a replacement umbrella.  We were window shopping new outdoor sets.

  There were some things there that were clearly not designed for . . . us.

  

  The kids were getting a little antsy, until I assigned them the task of trying out every chair in the place to find the most comfortable one.  (Theo was especially assiduous in the performance of his duties.)

  They finally agreed on this as their preferred set:

  

  Pretty, isn’t it?  Wicker.

  

  On sale, too.

  

  This was my favorite set.  Responsibly harvested Brazilian hardwoods, some tree I’ve never heard of, that never, ever, EVER rots or splits in shade or sun.  This table would seat eight, and can have either chairs or benches.  (I particularly liked the benches.  Two adult fannies or three kid fannies.)

  This was much less than the wicker set–only about $3500, not counting the umbrella.  Very reasonable.

  Pop-pop and Isaac agreed that Happy Hour would be best on this set:

  

  It had a picnic table to go with:

  

  Very cheery.  I think we could have gotten this one in for under $3000, if we were willing to get only one umbrella for the picnic table and the bar table to share.  (Isaac promised to be our Designated Mover–you know, drink non-alcoholic beverages during Happy Hour so that someone would be able to move the umbrella safely over.)

  If you had ultra-deep pockets, what would your outdoor furniture of choice be?

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