You guys, I love this piece. I don’t know if I can give it up. Bryan might have to pry it from my cold dead fingers to hand over to its future buyer. And the buyer will be all like: “Why is there a corpse hugging it?”
And what will you say then, Bryan? Hmm?
I only buy pieces I love, so I’m always saying, “Oh, this is my favorite!” Which is usually true at the moment, and then I find something I have even stronger feelings for.
This one is definitely up there with my chesterfield. Speaking of which, I can’t even handle how awesome they are together. This is what Restoration Hardware dreams of being when it grows up!
Why, you might ask, is there a fireplace behind the sofa in all of the pictures? That is a very good question. There just so happen to be approximately 8 other pieces of furniture crammed into this small room, and this was the only furniture placement with decent lighting that I was able to improvise.
After setting up this shot, I realized it looked a little bare, stark, and odd – what with the fireplace and the empty window – so I rigged up some ambiance.
Wow, Brynne, I’m impressed. You went and quickly hung curtains so your photo would be perfect!
Wait until I show you how I hung them. Then you’ll be even more impressed. And/or amused.
Look, a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do to compose her shot and achieve pretty filtered light. I won’t tell if you don’t!
I also thought the trunk looked a little empty, so I tried out a shot with these cool articulated wooden hands I happened to have at the ready.
What, you don’t keep creepy carved body parts close by?
If you ever need help accessorizing, just let me know! I’d be happy to lend a hand.
(Gosh, I’m so ashamed of that. Let’s pretend it wasn’t a terrible pun.)
Well, let me know – what do you think of my newest treasure? And my curtain hanging methods? I plan to hang all my curtains like this now; it’s so simple and chic. [Sarcasm]. Do you have any dirty little photography secrets? Do share!
The wooden hands give it that corpse-like feel! hahaha! Maybe you were experimenting to see what that would look like?? 🙂 I am your newest follower and LOVE reading through your posts. YOU. CRACK. ME. UP. Also, loved the post about your shipping nightmare. Read it right when I'm trying to figure all this stuff out myself! I'm going to try Greyhound Package Express when the time comes. The only thing is shipments have to weigh less than 100 pounds. Had no idea that I could get the buyer to arrange their own shipping??? Thanks for that tip! Have a great day! Mary in SC
Mary, thanks so much for commenting and following! It makes me day!
As for shipping, I've since shipped one thing via UPS, because it was small enough that they could box it. It was still somewhat of a pain, and rather expensive for the buyer, but can be a good option for smaller items as well. Also, UPS will package it for you, so I didn't have to worry about figuring that out!
If you try Greyhound Package Express, I'd love to hear about it! I've considered that in the past, but was intimidated by having to package it myself.
~ Brynne
What?!?! This is an amazing piece you totally can't sell it!
Julia, I totally thought of you! If you hadn't commented on that other post about brass dressers, and I hadn't checked out your blog post for pictures, I wouldn't have thought twice about this trunk from its bitty thumbnail on Craigslist!
trunk envy!