Come to the Table (Wait! Not yet!)

Well, I got a table.

I looked at the furniture stores and found a couple I liked.  Even in the clearance rooms, I was going to be spending $700-$900 for a table and four chairs, for the kind of size I really wanted.  I need to seat 6-8 players, right?  Yesterday, after returning this disappointing clearance item to Kohl's, I spontaneously decided to visit the nearby Salvation Army thrift store.  I knew used furniture might be the ticket.  Indeed, it was.

There's no internet at home yet and I haven't brought along an image file of the table to upload from work (Hi, this is me at work!) for you to see.  It will come.  In the meantime, I've tried looking online for a representative image and almost none do it justice.  It is a 54" (w/leaf) square beast!  Apparently, the average counter table is built with tapered legs and appears too delicate to bear the weight of a treasure chest full of doubloons.  Not so in my game room!

In surfing, I found the product to the right ($649.00 at ifurn.com; MSRP: $1622.50) most resembles the style and build of my table, only mine has much darker finish.  And, my thrift store model with slightly weathered surface came to a measly $125.

Unless everyone wants to stand, I will need to find counter height chairs, now.  Consider Part II of The Search for Gaming Space: The Game Table to commence.