You guys, it’s been a while since I had a good Craigslist find to share with you all! I found this dining set right before Christmas, which was perfect timing because we had just sold our last dining set (the one from this Thanksgiving table setting post) and both sides of the family were coming… [Read More]

I waited over a week before making a move on this piece.  From the one small listing photo, the wood grain looked so pronounced I was sure it had to be laminate and despite my feelings of love for mid-century laminate (last paragraph), it just doesn’t sell all that well.  We have also been so… [Read More]

I think these chairs are just too darling!  I love their proportions, and lament the fact that those metal backs are ridiculously uncomfortable.  I swear that I will find comfortable faux bamboo chairs to keep for myself one day! I’m just wildly in love with the idea of painting these white.  Mmm, those swivel bases!… [Read More]

This is one charming china cabinet!  I really don’t know too much about besides the fact that it’s solid wood (not the faintest hint or whiff of particle board in any way, shape or form) and appears to have been handmade. The carved floral details are just lovely!  The stain gives it a rustic French… [Read More]

A) These pieces are so unique and so lovely.  Hollywood Regency glam divinity. B) They are so bulky and oh so very difficult to move. This was unequivocally our worst Craigslist pick-up ever.  It wasn’t a shady situation, or a particularly strange one, but it was the most back-breaking.  The two cabinets came from a… [Read More]