Nesting on the Cheap

I couldn't even believe it. After breakfast at our favorite diner, we stopped into Starbucks for coffee (cause the diner doesn't do iced coffee justice) and I happened to notice that there was a moving sale just a block away. They were advertizing coffee table, kitchen table and chairs, two of the top items on our list of things for the apartment. And things that have proved elusive in all our shopping and online searching so far. So we headed over, just to see. I fully expected it to be like all the other furniture you see on Craigs list or that you picture in your head when you think of a moving sale in Queens. I'm thinking, ugly flwoered couches, nasty ornate light colored wooden furniture... Not so! One of the first things we see is practically the PERFECT table for our kitchen. Great color, its in great shape, and there are only three chairs, but that's ok by us. We bought it on the spot for WAY less than we should have. We were so excited we were almost beside ourselves.


We got it home, set it up and promptly tried it with some of our table settings. Did some "staging", as if we were on an HGTV show. Fun!



After finding the kitchen table, the search was still on for a coffee table. Geoff is itching at this point to get all of our purchasing done so that we can be SETTLED. I enjoy shopping around a little more than he does, (and I'm just generally slower to make a decision than most people...like to REALLY weigh all my options). SO we have checked all the usual suspects for coffee tables and have come up empty: Crate & Barrel, Macy's, Bloomindales, Bed Bath & Beyond, The Door Store, Pottery Barn, Target, Bob's Discount Furniture and general online searches. We sorta kinda liked one from Pottery Barn and another that we found online, but weren't crazy about any of them. And then there was Craig's list. We found one that someone in Union Square was selling that was Pottery Barn a few years ago that was perfect. And one day after a shoot, Geoff had the car, went to visit it and brought it home for another steal. Pictures to come in another post...

I love it when a house comes together...