Moisture caused warping on my mom favorite table

I asked my mom if she noticed the warping and she immediately became upset.

When my mom was 12, her grandmother passed away. My mother got the table that was in her sewing room. My mom has always loved and cherished this particular piece of furniture. When my brothers and I were younger, my mom kept the table in her bedroom so we wouldn’t accidentally break it. The legs were very fragile but it is still quite stable and sturdy. My brothers and I grew up and moved out of the house. My mom took the table downstairs and put it in the living room so she could look at it every single day.A few weeks ago I went to see my mom with both of my kids. They are toddlers and very rambunctious and mischievous. My mom asked me to clean the table and move it to the front room where no one walks or plays. As I was getting the table cleaned, I noticed a great deal of warping on the back of the furniture. I asked my mom if she noticed the warping and she immediately became upset. There was a lot of moisture in the house, because my mom lives close to the water and she doesn’t have a dehumidifier running during the summer. We couldn’t do anything to fix the warping that already occurred, but I told my mom that we could easily purchase a small dehumidifier to put in that room. I even offered to go to the hardware store to find a dehumidifier. My mom was really upset when she saw the damage, but I’m sure the dehumidifier will keep the problem from getting worse.

 

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