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Uh oh,,, I hope I don't buy more of MY obsession on CL

My3dogs ME zone 5A

15 years ago

Yikes....In addition to an antique/vintage lamp fetish, which has been satisfied by eBay (and 'fed' by Chijim sending me pics of beautiful lamps being auctioned!) DON'T start it up again, Jim; I am already watching some out there...

I also have a thing for vintage pine...I love to give it a 'waxed pine English' look if at all possible. Just peeked at the local CL, where I have been very lucky in the past, as saw these...STOP me before I buy again!

I'll admit having just written the seller to get the dimensions and condition.

I know that SOMEONE on here has a chair thing from Craigslist....hmmm, who might that be?

What's YOUR CL obsession, if you have one?

Here is a link that might be useful: Craigslist finds.....

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My3dogs ME zone 5A
Original Author
15 years ago
If I liked oak, this is a great buy, IMO. Sometimes our CL is awful, but sometimes has some nice stuff.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vintage oval beveled mirror
anele_gw
15 years ago
I can't stop you . . .such low prices! I also LOVE vintage pine. I didn't like oak before, but this past year has changed that for me, and I have a new appreciation for it!
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*swoon* I LOVE those dressers!!! I can't believe the price. Here, people want alot of money for junk that isn't remotely close to as nice as those dressers.
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15 years ago
My3dogs, you have such a good eye for treasures!
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LOL my3dogs, I saw that this morning! (I am also in Southern Maine.) I was wondering if I could squeeze one of those into my living room. (Ultimately, I think not, but tempting!) Antique dressers seem to be one of the few decent things to be found on craigslist here.

And coincidentally I am scouring ebay for antique lamps. I felt like I sifted through hundreds over the weekend and didn't really see any thing I wanted, but I'm glad to hear it's possible!
wooderlander
15 years ago
Once again, I am so jealous...
My3dogs ME zone 5A
Original Author
15 years ago
I haven't heard back from the seller yet, so maybe with time, I'll calm down and step away from the wallet! But $60 for BOTH is incredible, unless they are IRL a lot worse than they look online. If I did buy them, they'd end up in the cellar as future projects.

bungalow_house, don't you agree that we normally see much higher prices on these?

I went through a 'bouillotte lamp' phase last year and into this year. All through eBay and some amazing bargains. A few required re-wiring, but that is easy. (I used to manage a hardware store WAY back and learned a lot there.)

I also got this sweet red glass and brass one for $5.24. I had the Thibaut fabric (eBay) and covered the shade. It looked great on a vintage pine bureau in my office/sewing room last Christmas. Ooops, this After pic was before I made a bias edging from the same fabric and put it on, but you get the idea. FIVE DOLLARS! Solid brass, marble and beautiful ruby glass...sigh....

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This gorgeous beauty was $25. The sellers had a Buy It Now price of $125, but I was the only bidder - wonder why?

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After 1

AFTER 2 - It's one of my favorites! I did buy a new shade - it came without one.

If you can see the potential, and do a little wiring (maybe) and use some elbow grease - This is where you see the best bargains, and you really feel rewarded when you're done.

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bungalow_house
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Wow, those lamps are gorgeous. I have found a couple of similar deals, where no one else has bid, but inevitably someone else finds it and outbids me. So I keep looking. Thanks for the inspiration!

Dresser prices seem pretty reasonable to me around here. I'm a sucker for the 1920s versions. I got this one on craigslist a couple of months ago. The top has some water marks and is scratched up a bit, but fixable if I cared. It turned out the seller was only about 4 blocks away from me.
Lyban zone 4
15 years ago
my3dogs,
The vintage dressers are wonderful. I hope you get them, for that price you can just keep them or re-sale. I live in Quebec and there is alot of pine around here and it can be so beautiful when well polished.
You lamp finds are awesome.
tinam61
15 years ago
The dressers are great and what a price! I think you should snatch them up!!

I don't have a CL obsession, because our CL stinks! That doesn't mean I don't have an obsession though. LOL I have trouble with dishes (I, too love red transferware and also ruby red glassware), vintage linens (I have quite the pillowcase collection). I also love small chests, but really don't have room for more of those. I also have trouble when it comes to pillows. I've just started getting into lamps. LOL

tina
tinam61
15 years ago
That is a gorgeous dresser and mirror! Love your paint color too.

I forgot to mention my obsession with vintage silver. And, I LOVE oak. I would buy that mirror in a heartbeat! Too bad I live in Tennessee. LOL

tina
My3dogs ME zone 5A
Original Author
15 years ago
From the looks of the pic above. I'd say our houses might be of similar vintage. Do you know when yours was built?

I look the more 'formal' ones like yours, too, but old pine has had my number for a long time.... I wish that my upstairs vanity had been pine (as the seller noted on CL) but it turned out to be poplar, so didn't take stain quite like I had hoped.

The pieces above are in my area, so I hope to hear back from the seller soon.

I hate it when something is just posted, but you never get a reply from the seller. I saw this last month, and wrote a few times, but never heard back. I'd sell something I have now to be able to get this! Look at the grain of the wood in the bottom photo.

Here is a link that might be useful: antique stepback secretary
bungalow_house
15 years ago
Thanks, Tina.

my3dogs, that stepback secretary is drop-dead gorgeous. I agree about sellers who don't respond back; the same thing has happened to me. I wonder sometimes if they get a lot of responses and think "hey, maybe I should hang on to this".

My house is a 1922 bungalow.
brutuses
15 years ago
Wow 3dog those lamps are something else.

Bungalow I would love to have that dresser, it is just my style!!
valzone5
15 years ago
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organic_smallhome
15 years ago
my3dogs: Those lamps are gorgeous!

I think this would look nice in your home. . . .

Here is a link that might be useful: Antique Serpentine Chest
My3dogs ME zone 5A
Original Author
15 years ago
That is a beautiful bureau, O, but I'm a pine girl...
BUT, the darn seller just wrote back and said there are 7 - 8 people ahead of me, and she'll let me know if they 'fall through'. Poop.

I'm sure that's not going to happen, so I'll be content with this little gem from CL last Christmas. My mother bought it for me, after I had picked it out as the perfect gift. It's the first one I've had with the moldings on either side. This is it in my cellar before I cleaned and waxed it.

Confession - It's here in my office and I have THREE eBay lamps stashed inside it, two of which are vintage glass and I haven't fixed up yet! Guess I didn't need two more projects...
organic_smallhome
15 years ago
Ohhh, that's very sweet! Do you have an "after" pic?

Here's a small Hitchcock chest that I'm on the lookout for:

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