Our Bungalow

We’re Craigslist junkies, but for good reason. We moved from a house that had twice the square footage of our current house, so we have lots of extra furniture and furniture that just doesn’t work in this old house. We’ve sold hundreds of dollars worth of things on Craigslist, and currently have several items listed. We’re taking the money we make from these sales to purchase furniture that DOES work in the house. Since we can’t afford all new furniture, and since old furniture looks better in this house anyway, Craigslist is a great resource for buying, too.

Round Mission Oak Table

Stacy found a dining room table. It’s oak, round, and a perfect fit for our home. And it cost very little. Stacy fell in love with the base, which is big, solid, and can be split down the middle to accommodate adding leaves. The table came with five solid oak leaves, so now we can have a party!

Speaking of oak, we’re very excited about one other Craigslist find:

Mission Bookcases

These bookcases were salvaged from a 1920’s home. They’re solid oak and beautiful. They are meant to be installed as shown in the photo: as half-wall type room dividers. I’ll be honest: we bought them without knowing exactly where we’re going to install them. But we’ve been trying to figure out how to make the basement feel like it fits into the rest of the house, and the only way we’re going to do it is with quarter-sawn oak. And, again, that’s more than we can afford new. It would cost thousands for us to have someone build bookcases like this. And it feels good to reuse instead of buying new. So we purchased these off Craigslist when we saw them (for a small fraction of what they would cost new). It will be fun to design around them.

Thank you Craigslist!