Good Things Cheap -- 3 or More, On Their Second Time Around!

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As our daughter Anne gets ready to leave (soon!) for graduate school, she is finding and choosing things that she will use in the apartment she is sharing with another first year grad student.

She has shopped the house.

Remember the Craigslist highboy in yesterday's Pink Bedroom post?

I offered it to her for her apartment bedroom, and she gave an enthusiastic yes --
which means I get to start shopping for another highboy on Craigslist and Ebay.

She will probably take this bed, which she found in the attic at That Old House:

It used to belong to my in-laws, and is a lovely old piece.

There is no closet in Anne's apartment bedroom. She found a wardrobe in the attic.

My husband thought it was an old packing crate; it had a shipping label on it from
a foreign missionary, to some once-upon-a-time occupants of That Old House.

But, it is some sort of closet after all. However, I think a nice clean sturdy IKEA armoire might serve her better for the next 3 years, so the old wardrobe will stay right where it is, tucked behind an air conditioning duct.

(Look, there's part of the old shelf from the Pink Bedroom, standing up near the wardrobe!)

The art deco coffee table is going with Anne,

. . . with its hidden secret:

Going, too, the free chair we found on Craigslist.

Also going, the square red table and wire chairs that have been summering out on our front porch. The apartment kitchen is painted pale yellow, and with Anne's red Kitchen Aid mixer and blender, the table and chairs will be perfect.

The little round-back chairs were given to me by my brother, when he was clearing
out his basement. The ice cream parlor chairs I found on Craigslist.
$15.00 for the pair of them. Sweet. Howard picked them up for Annie last week.

And our weekend find: a pair of arm chairs. Big and comfy.
Olive, dark blue, and dark beige stripe:

Carved frames:

They are by Klaussner furniture. We bought them from people who were redecorating their McMansion.
$25.00 each. They are in excellent shape, too;
that is not wear you see on the seats, it is just the nap variations in the fabric.

It may be tricky to maneuver a sofa into Annie's 2nd floor apartment, and her roommate is bringing a long chaise, so we figured these would be a good solution until she knows just what will fit.

And remember the $30 desk she bought at the beginning of the summer and was going to paint?

It's still plain wood, and it's going with as her drawing table. Funny how things work out!

She's got two of these nice French-style Empire chairs, which work well at the desk, and for extra seating:


She's still shopping the house for lamps, which means I'll be able to go fishing on Ebay for more old ones for That Old House, and as for dishes . . . .

Gee, do you think maybe we can scare up a few extras for her to take?

No need to go shopping for those!

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I was going to do my Mystery Trip today, but I got caught up in Annie's furnishings, so we'll head for the hills tomorrow! -- Cass

And a note. . . Sherry at Country Wings in Phoenix shared devastating news today about her niece, Amy, who is undergoing cancer treatment. Please take time to leave her a message of support and prayer at her blog website ... click here.