New Table

So, thanks to Danni and her most informative group of Craigslist links I am a proud dad to a new and awesome living room table, clap clap clap! It fits so perfect in my place and I feel it really pulls the room together, which is a surprisingly nice feeling as of late. Picked it up for a 50% discount brand new off Craigslist, usually listing from Urban Outfitters for 180 bucks plus shipping and tax, not too shabby. Also, I thought I would throw in my groovy (far out?) mirror I picked up from Ikea for $20, nice place you know, full of grand surprises and deals.

I want to take this time to apologize for the radio silence (or intertubes silence actually), I have been busy busy busy with a new job and have finally got my wits back to me. Also, Stephanie gave me a nice nudge to post :) Thanks for that and thanks for reading!

Red & Orange

So here we have a few new things, both coming in at a combined amount of under $50, not too shabby.

First, we have a pair of orange salt & pepper shakers... but these are not just any salt & pepper shakers, these are from 1946 in perfect condition still with the original box! Nice right? And only 8 bucks and in perfect working condition. A nice touch to the apartment in my opinion and a nice match with my new favorite orange chair that I just happen to be sitting in right now.

And second, is my new shinny red cabinet from Ikea that I gave my finger a nice injury with while putting it together. Oh battle wounds from Ikea, nice stuff. So now I have this nice treat (topped with a book from miss stephanie) to sit by in my orange chair everyday instead of my ugly black plastic thing I had before.

Life is looking good here, now to see what next paycheck brings :)

Please... Buy me this!

As usual, I spend my Sunday morning perusing about Craigslist and torturing myself with the awesome stuff that's on there. I usually find some pretty nifty things here and there, but then are those moments when I find a post that makes me want to sell a vital organ on the black market so I can have it... and this is one of those finds. Please direct yourself to this link for further details (and apparently a website with more stuff?) so you can buy this for me :)

wink wink, nudge nudge, you know you want to!

And the chair goes to...

So, as you can see from the image above, I got the chair! As I had mentioned the other day on this blog I purchased a vintage 1958 dresser (pictures to come in the next post... I also got lots of goods to share with you at the local antique affair), and while picking up the dresser this past Friday evening I made a deal with the shop owner that brought the would be $350 chair down to $200. I could not resist, and as you can see it now sits nicely in my living room area :)

So, anyone in the market for a $120 Ikea chair?

Karlstad Ikea Swivel Chair

Some links and a weekend to look forward to.

So living in this new apartment has turned me furniture crazy. I've got to thinking... if I had all the money in the world, I would have no problem decorating my place. I would sign on to some site like Blu Dot, Design Within Reach, or Crate & Barrel and supply my place with all my dreams and hopes. But no, I don't have an unlimited reach in money, which is why I have spent the last few months struggling to get my hands on things I want in my apartment at an affordable price.

I think I'm finally getting there though, after many finds on good ol' craigslist and target.com, I'm almost set. Just this last weekend I put half the money down on a dresser from a downstairs shop that was built in 1958. I've prepped the apartment for this new find tonight and will post images when I get it up and in here tomorrow night, so look forward to that! (Also, I am SERIOUSLY considering selling my current orange chair for that great one I showed in my last post :)

So, to end this post I thought it would be nice to share some great links. One was provided by my good friend Mike just tonight which has some of the best displays of letterpress print design I have seen in a while, and the other is a link I have been going back to over and over and drooling over for the past month. 

Link Fun:

Graphic Exchange

Apartment Therapy

Enjoy!