Rattan Rescued from Rambunctious Rugrat - photos added 5-30 - Collecting Tiki

K kctiki Member Kansas City Joined: Apr 22, 2003 Posts: 439	K kctiki Posted posted on Sun, Jan 4, 2004 7:00 AM A little history: In 1953 my husband's parents, Jack & Kay, relocated from the Quad Cities to KC to buy the area's first Dairy Queen Franchise. At that time they purchased a rattan furniture set for their glass front porch. In 1990 they sold their home to move into an apartment and gave the furniture to my husband who then spent the extra $ to change his front porch from screen to glass. In 1997 he got divorced and the only furniture he got to take with him was the rattan set. Since then it's been in the house he now rents to his son (a new father). Joe, great grandson of Jack & Kay, is now 2 years old and a nonstop climber. He was afraid it wasn't going to survive Joe's assualts, so we traded the Spanish Inquistion furniture (trailer park roadkill) from my basement's rumpus room for the rattan. After I talk my mom into helping me reappolster it I will post photos. It also needs some of the lashing replaced. The set includes a divan, side chair, ottoman, coffee table, 3 nesting tables, dining table and 4 chairs. The labels on the bottom of all the pieces say: CALIF-ASIA Quality Rattan Furniture, 6818 Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles, Made in the Phillipines. [ Edited by: kctiki on 2004-05-30 20:41 ]

A little history: In 1953 my husband's parents, Jack & Kay, relocated from the Quad Cities to KC to buy the area's first Dairy Queen Franchise. At that time they purchased a rattan furniture set for their glass front porch.

In 1990 they sold their home to move into an apartment and gave the furniture to my husband who then spent the extra $ to change his front porch from screen to glass.

In 1997 he got divorced and the only furniture he got to take with him was the rattan set. Since then it's been in the house he now rents to his son (a new father). Joe, great grandson of Jack & Kay, is now 2 years old and a nonstop climber.

He was afraid it wasn't going to survive Joe's assualts, so we traded the Spanish Inquistion furniture (trailer park roadkill) from my basement's rumpus room for the rattan.

After I talk my mom into helping me reappolster it I will post photos. It also needs some of the lashing replaced.

The set includes a divan, side chair, ottoman, coffee table, 3 nesting tables, dining table and 4 chairs.

The labels on the bottom of all the pieces say: CALIF-ASIA Quality Rattan Furniture, 6818 Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles, Made in the Phillipines.

[ Edited by: kctiki on 2004-05-30 20:41 ]

Post #67596 by kctiki on Sun, Jan 4, 2004 7:00 AM