Furniture Frenzy

In the past few weeks I have bought a lot of furniture. I like to think that my late night trollings through craigslist have assisted me in keeping my sanity while I finished up the spring semester at school, which was mentally exhausting. I finally finished yesterday, and took a 6 hour nap to celebrate!

The end of the semester and a lack of time to clean has meant the house at the corner has resembled a charity shop for the past few weeks. Thankfully, I live with boys, and they've been very patient with me!

So here are some of my recent purchases. Some of them need some work (refinishing, painting etc).

Every piece was a bargain. The dresser was the most expensive item, at only $35! I intended it to go into the master bedroom but it is far too big. I have ended up really liking it in the lounge though, so it's worked out well. Also this means we don't have to lug it up the stairs, which is great because it's very heavy.

The nightstands were $25 for the two, along with a beat up old dresser (that ain't got no legs) that I am going to attempt to refinish. When I opened them up I realised they are stamped Kent-Coffey. I hadn't heard of the manufacturer but having done a little research since, it seems that they were a popular mid-century manufacturer. One table is pretty scratched up at the base and will need sanding and refinishing. I am going to practice on the dresser, as I have seen 2 sets of Kent-Coffey nightstands on sale for over $2500. I think the seller is a bit deluded, but still!

I went to collect 2 Breuer chairs and ended up getting 4. Now I have rather a surplus but am finding them extremely comfy! We also picked up 2 Breuer bar stools in not very good condition, that I intend to refinish and sell on. I really like them, but T-Rex is suffering from Breuer chair overload, and I don't blame him.

Although I didn't really need a new drafting table, I fell in love with this one when I saw it's cute blue metal base. It is much bigger than my old one, and not as easy to use as each side moves seperately! But it means I can draw standing up. I sold my old one on craigslist for twice as much as this one cost. Woot!

I was really pleased to find this thonet-style bentwood rocker for only $25. It is sitting in our boudoir, and it takes up a lot of space. But it is lovely and you can rock to an almost horizontal position!