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Jun. 25th, 2014 02:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stitchwhichI have finally discovered the joy that is "Craig's List". And the danger. After searching all over town for a simple twin-sized bed to replace my (now defunct) Pennsic bed, I at length decided to google "craig's list" and check it out. Oh my goodness! I found a bed in under 15 minutes once I figured out the advanced search functions1. It is an Ethan Allen poster bed, which we are going to ruin by cutting short the posts so it will fit in our truck during packing. It comes with an eight-drawer dresser, too, with four long drawers below and then at the top where a fifth drawer would fit there are four smaller individual ones (as opposed to what gives that appearance but is actually one or two drawers). I've got a call out to friends with children to see who might need a new chest of drawers.
And then I made the error of 'cruising the lists'. Oh my. There are far too many things that caught my eye. One thing did appeal to me and I'd love to hear your opinion. A while ago I started phasing out our old dinner set and replacing it with various individual dishes whose decoration caught my eye. (I am such a pottery whore!) Last Pennsic's serving bowl acquisition is so pretty! Well, we have quite a cheerful table now, and on holidays I was amused to find our family members vying for a particular plate - each is beginning to decide on 'their favorite'. So I set a missed-matched board2.
We have only two wooden chairs which survived our children's growing-up phase. They tend to break under heavy use, I guess, so we've replaced the chair set a few times up until the kids moved out, and then we just crept along by augmenting the seating with our camping chairs when we had guests. We now have guests every Sunday for card playing, so in desperation I went to Sam's Club and bought metal-framed chairs with padded backs and seats. They are ugly, useful, and they make that leather/vinyl squeak when a person shifts their weight, but they stack for storage. We thought we'd end up stacking them away during the week but no, they sit around our table looking out of place. We hate metal chairs...
And that brings me back to my mis-matched table setting. Would it be absolutely too outré to buy wooden chairs as they become available on Craig's List, purposely collecting mis-matched ones? I think, as long as they are lightly stained wood, they'd end up rather blending together in color with our mahogany table and the continuation of the theme appeals to me. So does the idea of having people vying for 'their favorite gaming chair'. It'd be nice to have one chair for the head of the table that is uniquely Bossman's.
1 I was amazed by the number of mattress stores who posted over and over again their wares, gumming up the actual lists - until I discovered the magic "owner" button at the top of the page.
2I wonder if I ought to start looking out for a bright and cheerful tablecloth to use underneath... Bossman hates 'fancy dining' and I think I only have one tablecloth in the whole house, which I have steadfastly refused to give away (it was a gift from my grandmother for my hope chest). But a strong red or green cloth with pretty napkins would help accentuate the dishes... hmmmmmm... I think I could cajole Bossman into not grumping too much about that.
And then I made the error of 'cruising the lists'. Oh my. There are far too many things that caught my eye. One thing did appeal to me and I'd love to hear your opinion. A while ago I started phasing out our old dinner set and replacing it with various individual dishes whose decoration caught my eye. (I am such a pottery whore!) Last Pennsic's serving bowl acquisition is so pretty! Well, we have quite a cheerful table now, and on holidays I was amused to find our family members vying for a particular plate - each is beginning to decide on 'their favorite'. So I set a missed-matched board2.
We have only two wooden chairs which survived our children's growing-up phase. They tend to break under heavy use, I guess, so we've replaced the chair set a few times up until the kids moved out, and then we just crept along by augmenting the seating with our camping chairs when we had guests. We now have guests every Sunday for card playing, so in desperation I went to Sam's Club and bought metal-framed chairs with padded backs and seats. They are ugly, useful, and they make that leather/vinyl squeak when a person shifts their weight, but they stack for storage. We thought we'd end up stacking them away during the week but no, they sit around our table looking out of place. We hate metal chairs...
And that brings me back to my mis-matched table setting. Would it be absolutely too outré to buy wooden chairs as they become available on Craig's List, purposely collecting mis-matched ones? I think, as long as they are lightly stained wood, they'd end up rather blending together in color with our mahogany table and the continuation of the theme appeals to me. So does the idea of having people vying for 'their favorite gaming chair'. It'd be nice to have one chair for the head of the table that is uniquely Bossman's.
1 I was amazed by the number of mattress stores who posted over and over again their wares, gumming up the actual lists - until I discovered the magic "owner" button at the top of the page.
2I wonder if I ought to start looking out for a bright and cheerful tablecloth to use underneath... Bossman hates 'fancy dining' and I think I only have one tablecloth in the whole house, which I have steadfastly refused to give away (it was a gift from my grandmother for my hope chest). But a strong red or green cloth with pretty napkins would help accentuate the dishes... hmmmmmm... I think I could cajole Bossman into not grumping too much about that.
