Adventures in Craigslist

I've looked online at craigslist for years but have never officially bought or sold anything. Something about going to someone else's house alone sets off my self-defense common-sense radar. But desperate times and seemingly perfect furniture finds call for desperate measures so off we (yes I took the husband with me) ventured into the unknown - and by that I mean fifteen minutes away in a uber-suburban safe-looking neighborhood in the middle of the day to examine and potentially purchase our find.


We had been on the hunt for a tall-ish dresser we could double as a changing table since a) mcNugget's room is tiny and b) we're both tallish persons who needed more than the 30" changing tables we saw in stores. Oh, and the hubby really wanted something to "match" the rest of the funiture in the room - meaning that painted wood was out. The only thing furniture stores had to offer in our budget were tv stands with cabinet doors and interior shelves or poorly made wobbly drawers. We just weren't willing to spend $400+ on new furniture that would inevitably get dinged up!


So we found a mid-century furniture dealer who has a pile of good stuff in his garage - including a perfectly sized, nicely colored, never re-done, pristine condition dresser. We loved it, it was in super condition and it was only $150. That's $100 less than the other newer furniture items we found! It was really well constructed and it had tall legs that lifted it off the floor so that we had a) extra space to store things b) gave it more of an airy look and c) we could modify its height if we needed to. Here's the goods after we brought it home:




Isn't she a beaut? I'm just uber stoked about the 4 main pieces of furniture in mcNugget's room being hand-me downs (the crib, the glider, the night stand and the dresser). The bookshelves were built a few years ago with love from the husband for me. Its just turning out so well - I'm going to enjoy spending so much time in this room!