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Comments (7)hhireno I also had to furnish a second home that is used year round even though it's in Maine on a lake surrounded by mountains. We chose to go to auctions and give the place some serious character rather than duplicate our home look. It was so cost effective and so much fun. One little choice I made which turned out to be a very good one is I bought Dutailier glider rockers (six of them) to put in the main room so that each person can have their own chair plus I had a sofa. The chairs are always in use lol. I put them in a circular fashion around the room and facing the fieldstone fireplace. I avoided leather as it gets sticky in the summer and chilly in the winter. Outside of mattresses and box springs all my wood furniture came from auctions and ebay. I kept the bedrooms simple as I didn't want to be working as hard there as at home. We redid the kitchen and put all drawer cabinets in a shaker type look, very light. We find drawers much easier for storage. I'm sure you'll make all the right decisions. Ours came out to look very very cozy and a place where people love to visit. Good luck!...See MoreJust for fun⦠Share your Favorite Find!
Comments (46)Oh I love love this thread and am living vicariously through everyone's amazing finds! I love a good hunt or dig - one of my favorite finds was a huge vintage, white chippy-painted bird cage (way way back before they were popular and in pottery barn) - it was a total steal and all the little ladies at the shop kept asking the name of my (apparently giant) bird that I was going to put in the cage - when I explained I was going to fill it with white pillar candles instead, they gave me the typical Southern pity statement "Well bless your heart, that really is something." Their reaction and all the looks I got lugging it back to my car were so fun, but lighting all the candles in it for a dinner party (its in the DR) that's still the best part :)...See MoreHousing market affects furniture market
Comments (54)Zoe, to be completely honest, I probably wouldn't have taken your cat-scratching-post couch either, because it costs a fortune to have things reupholstered to look halfway good (and as chisue found, you may not even get halfway good out of it)! I've been watching Craigslist for furniture and thought I had come across a few decent things... until I found out what it would have cost to have them reupholstered, even with cheap fabric. Shocking! Even slipcovers are expensive too now - if you want something that actually fits and stays in place for more than a few minutes without being mostly sweaty, itchy spandex, it can cost as much as a complete reupholstering. (Let's not even talk about how many Craigslisters are completely delusional about what their worn-out, ugly furniture is worth. If you bought a couch from Billy-Joe's Discount Furniture and Bait Shop for $750 and let the kids and the dog jump all over it for 5 years, it sure ain't gonna be worth $250. It's very debatable whether it's worth $50, or really belongs out on the streetcorner for the scavengers.) BTW, with the upswing in bedbug and other infestations, some charities in my area are refusing upholstered items entirely. I also found out the hard way (and they may have gotten burned by this as well, thus rejecting all pieces with any cat damage at all) that an upholstered chair that had "a few cat scratches" had had a lot more "cat activity" on it than that! It was out of a storage unit in winter so I couldn't smell anything but as soon as I got it inside a nice warm apartment - whoooeeeee. Fragrant. As Frances points out, it's all very nice to recite the mantra that "everyone should buy only 'quality' furniture" (huge pet peeve: using the word "quality" when you mean "good quality"!) but let's be realistic. Most people of ordinary means can't come up with what "high quality" furniture costs these days. I went shopping for a sturdy, not fancy but reasonably nice-looking wooden bed frame year before last and got quite discouraged at the outrageous prices - but having something made was even more bruising to the checkbook. (Frances, I'm curious, does that $250-300 worth of supplies include the tools required to make a nice piece of furniture? If so, I'd very much love to know where you're buying your tools!) dabunch, I go to Dollar Tree every few weeks. It's a great place for consumable stuff like greeting cards, paper towels and baby wipes (for the dog), and they have some great knockoffs of pricier products. I don't see why I should pay $4 for a pint of Plax mouthwash when 1 1/2 pints of an identical product in a less-attractive bottle is $1....See MoreWho is your style icon?
Comments (47)I'd have to go with Audrey Hepburn too. I love the lines of the early sixties and late 1930's clothes. I love to watch old movies to see the early architecture and the clothes. When I used to lead seminars, attendees would always say that I reminded them of Jamie Lee Curtis. I never got it. But maybe because I have had short hair and a small nose. Diane...See MoreRelated Professionals
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