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The Vision Thing
I'm probably the only Craigslist junkie whose heart skipped a beat when I saw the high back chair at left. Too old lady, you think? Not in the right hands. Imagine it in acid green or maybe a psychedelic print à la Austin Powers. Or how about all white, legs and all? There's a high-end decor store in Atlanta called Pieces and this chair is right up their alley. I surfed over there looking for suitable examples of what this red chair could become and voila, there was a trio of chairs all priced at about 100 times the cost of my $25 diamond in the rough.
Full post and comments...A Few Finds From Craigslist
Saturday, October 16, 2010
I haven't done one of these Craigslist catchalls in quite awhile but a few things caught my eye this morning, some of which have kicking around for a week or more despite their potential. I could make the gold velvet club chair work as is and for $160 (possibly less, it's been on CL for awhile) it's a pretty good deal. The arborite tops are probably what's keeping the stacking side tables from selling but I think they're cool, functional and at $125 for the pair, well priced. The brown mid-century lounger is sad, I'll grant you, but the seller wants $40 for it and it wouldn't cost a lot to reupholster.
Full post and comments...Loving the Leopard
Saturday, September 25, 2010
My sweet, aging Scottie dog, Judy — that's her under the black chair — has been having some health problems that necessitated me lifting the Moroccan rug in favour of my machine-washable flokati. Since I was switching things up again, I decided to try out a coffee table I scored on Craigslist for $75 with the intention of retrofitting and re-selling. The table is soooo 1980s but also really glam, especially with the addition of my leopard skin and some leopard accent pillows I had in storage. Turns out Elle Decor is heralding leopard as the look of the moment so I'm bang on trend for better or worse.
Full post and comments...Moroccan Seasoning
Sunday, August 22, 2010
I’ve heard it said that the good we do comes back to us but I never imagined that included coffee tables. Many months ago I helped a friend pull together a new apartment. Now, circumstance is taking her in a new direction and she offered me the table back, one of my all-time favorite finds. And it just so happens that I recently purchased a vintage Moroccan berber carpet on Craiglist for the absurdly low price of $150 (the rug is 7’ x 11’ in amazing condition!). I know the rug is not to everyone’s taste. My friend Doreen came to dinner last night and thought it was one step up from hideous.
Full post and comments...Musical Chairs
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Did you ever imagine that my $20 mid-century side chairs could end up looking like this? Neither did I, which is why I sold a pair of them last week for $100, which represented an excellent return on my investment but a supremely stupid move in retrospect now that I've seen the pictures of these James Mont chairs, kindly provided by Troy Seidman of Caviar 20.
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