The Hunt for Furniture

It's hard to believe that we're less than a month away from moving! The job hunt for Handsome is still stressful, but we're pushing through and doing a LOT of praying. We've started packing already, as well as clearing out things we really don't want from the house.

While it's hard not to just keep looking forward, we're trying to take advantage of some of the benefits up here while we can. One of the things we're definitely trying to use while in the DC area is all the furniture options. Certain things, for concerns of allergies, hygiene, and a distinct fear of bed bugs, we won't purchase from Craigslist (such as couches or chairs), but since we'd like a pub/counter-height and style table, we're searching the ever-popular craigslist. Desks are easy to come by in Charleston-- the table at the price we want, not so much.

There have been some amazing finds in our hunt though.

The one thing I wish I'd purchased was a secretary desk that had a hand-painted harlequin pattern on it-- it completely suits my Alice in Wonderland obsession. There's actually a set of Alice figures that I would have asked for as a birthday present from Handsome so they could sit on the desk. Unfortunately for me, it was taken down from CL the day I convinced myself to splurge on it.

Other things for sale, however, have convinced me that some people must shop for furniture drunk or be super impulsive purchasers. For instance, someone purchased a table with a marble elephant as the base. Not a cute elephant, or even a realistic looking one, or something that really even looked like an elephant. Just... a monstrosity that they said was an elephant, and you would think was one after being told what you were looking at.

Other tables, desks, and assorted furnishings are so beat up and/or overpriced, I don't see how they'll ever sell. For example, I do not want to pay over $1,200 for your pub table. Sorry, but no. Also, if your couch is an indefinable colour, it's probably not a good idea to charge $500 for it.

It's fun, though, to see everything! Some of it's good, some of it's awful, but it's all getting us one step closer to a year without snow.

Cheers,
Woozel