Carter's Furniture..thumbs down! Ashley Furniture...thumbs up :)

Todd and I have been on the hunt for a new kitchen table, we have been making improvements to our house over the last year. When we lived with Sally (my mother in law) she was kind enough to get new kitchen floors and carpet for the whole house. We have removed a lot of wallpaper and painted every single wall in this house! We decided it was time to update the kitchen table. 
We looked at a few stores and were ready to purchase one but they didn't have the chairs we wanted. We didn't like the standard chairs that came with the package, and of course we have to be difficult so we passed on the table from Furniture Row. We also checked out Slumberland but the Illinois game was starting vs. Wisconsin and we didn't want to miss tip off. 
Today, I drug Todd back to Champaign to continue my quest. I was determined to find the set I was looking for. We had what we wanted in mind, counter hight, butterfly leaf table so it could extend to more room if need be. 


Okay, now my tirade about Carter's furniture. My mother warned me that Carter's furniture was rather pricey but has quality pieces. However, we were on that side of town( I was being nice and letting Todd choose where to eat, Chiptole)  so we decided to check it out. 
We went into the store and at first we thought it was nice because we weren't swarmed by 10 salesmen who are working on commission trying to get to you first. We were able to browse around and look at the different kitchen tables. We found we really liked but there wasn't a price anywhere to be found on the set and I noticed on 3 salesmen working. We were patient enough to wait until someone was finishing up. 
There was another couple who was about our parents age in the same vicinity and a salesmen walked towards us, but then decided to help the other couple. That's what frustrating! This happens all the time! Yes,we are a newly married couple, who yes are young but doesn't mean we aren't going to buy something when we walk in. We both have jobs, and it's not like I walked in with sweatpants and no make up! We look like a respectable couple, why don't we get treated with the same dignity as a couple 30 years our senior? Todd and I walked out of there still with no one helping us or even acknowledging we were in the store. If you can't tell I am huge on customer service.  Just a little fact... I switched dentists because my ex-dentist couldn't find 1 minute to even say Hi to me when I was sitting in the chair. 


Good news! We did find and purchase the kitchen table we were looking for! We found it at Ashley Furniture. Todd even knew the salesmen so he gave us a  little discount too. True story. The salesmen was Todd's cook when he lived at the Beta house (Fraternity) his Jr year. While living there Todd has some pretty interesting stories about this character so when we saw him working at Ashley we were tickled pink! 






Todd thinks its creepy but here is a picture of our newly purchased table... ignore the chairs.





This is what we are replacing-

Can't wait to see how it all looks!!! Should be here in a week or two! We hope!