When buying our craigslist chair this weekend, the seller told us to meet her at her storage unit in a shopping center. We followed her instructions to pull around the back of the shopping center and parked behind a bowling alley. There was no storage unit in sight.
The seller turned out to be a young woman, and she led us behind a dumpster into the basement of the building next to the bowling alley. It had all the makings of a slasher flick, but she was about 80 lbs soaking wet, so I figured the Mister and I could take her.
Half of the basement was crammed full of furniture. The empty half contained only the blue chair and a bookshelf. We gave the chair the once-over, a sniff test, and decided to buy it.
I grabbed the cushion, the Mister grabbed the chair, and we started moving it out, when two mirrors caught my eye. I asked the girl if all of the furniture was hers, and it turned out she split the storage space with a friend who owned a consignment shop. She agreed to sell me the two mirrors, and I am now the proud owner of a federal mirror and a bullnose-ish mirror, which is super-exciting, because I have been looking for a federal mirror ever since seeing the Matters of Style house tour on Apartment Therapy.
The federal mirror lives above the blue secretary:
I don't yet have a space for the other mirror, but I'll figure out a place for it.
Princess is enjoying our new blue chair:
The seller turned out to be a young woman, and she led us behind a dumpster into the basement of the building next to the bowling alley. It had all the makings of a slasher flick, but she was about 80 lbs soaking wet, so I figured the Mister and I could take her.
Half of the basement was crammed full of furniture. The empty half contained only the blue chair and a bookshelf. We gave the chair the once-over, a sniff test, and decided to buy it.
I grabbed the cushion, the Mister grabbed the chair, and we started moving it out, when two mirrors caught my eye. I asked the girl if all of the furniture was hers, and it turned out she split the storage space with a friend who owned a consignment shop. She agreed to sell me the two mirrors, and I am now the proud owner of a federal mirror and a bullnose-ish mirror, which is super-exciting, because I have been looking for a federal mirror ever since seeing the Matters of Style house tour on Apartment Therapy.
The federal mirror lives above the blue secretary:
I don't yet have a space for the other mirror, but I'll figure out a place for it.
Princess is enjoying our new blue chair:
Those mirrors are amazing! You hit the jackpot with that CL seller. I have to say I would be a little nervous with those shady instructions! But well worth it! :)
ReplyDeleteI want a federal mirror so bad! Love yours!
ReplyDeleteI love all of it!
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