My parents have had the same wooden coffee table with matching side tables for roughly thirty years
My parents have had the same wooden coffee table with matching side tables for roughly thirty years.
They general keep the same furniture until it is completely unusable, and I think these tables have been the only thing that lasted through two kids and about 8 moves.
I have no idea where they got them, or how much they were. They have these stylistic groves in them; a series of geometric patterns gently carved into the top that are beautiful, but a giant pain to clean.
Originally all of the tables had glass tops to both prevent damage to the wood and to keep them clean, but my brother and his friends broke all of them before I was born. Read more »