After the (re)introduction of grilled meat into our lives, we decided that we needed a place to sit outside and eat the grilled meat. We looked at patio sets at Home Depot, Lowe's, JC Penney, Target.... Eventually we went on a field trip with my husband's sister to the Great Indoors (a very dangerous place for a new homeowner) and found a set that we liked. I unfortunately wasn't quite ready to make the commitment.
The following weekend we went to Sears (a sister company to Great Indoors, I learned) and revisited the set we found the previous week. We met a very nice couple who told us that if we purchased the set online, we would save an extra 10%. Does Sears not want to keep its brick and mortar stores open? Sounds like a question for one of my MBA courses. At any rate, we were too slow in placing our online order and missed the 10% that we had heard about. The next day I found a reference to a "midnight madness" sale that Sears was having if I waited until the following evening! Yay.
Fast forward about a week and a few large boxes were delivered to our house.
I'd have to say I was completely impressed by Sears's home delivery! I received two automated phone calls - one a few days after my purchase confirming my items and a second the night before delivery with my "window". Speaking of delivery windows, mine was 10:45 am - 12:45 pm, and the delivery guys were in and out by 11:30! We spent the next couple of hours assembling the patio set.
Large box containing the table top. I think I blinked.
Ah, assembled table.
The deck actually feels like a nice place to hang out. Despite the fact that it wasn't necessarily warm on Saturday night, we hosted dinner (with grilled meat of course) and officially welcomed our furniture to the deck. Dinner, as an aside, was the best executed meal I think we've ever put together. There was no reheating of poorly timed vegetables or anything on that order. I think we made the deck furniture proud.
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