Real furniture

Today is a very momentous day in our lives -- we just bought our first piece of real furniture!! Real furniture is made of wood and does not require self-assembly. :)

Ever since we painted our dining room red, we've envisioned a glorious antique Chinese buffet storing our fine china, gracing guests as they enter our home. It's remained only a vision for several reasons:


1. The buffet had to be a certain color. We can't have our guests' first impressions be a ghastly color clash.


2. It had to be a maximum 47" wide. Our walls are crooked enough that a 48" piece of furniture acts as a 1-inch doorstop. And most buffets are at least that wide.




3. It had to be within our budget. (Read: really cheap.) We just bought a place; there isn't much cash just lying around waiting to be spent.


This has made our search last over a year. Last month, I (Lily) was walking through a street fair and stumbled across a booth selling antique asian furniture. Standing there was a magnificent buffet... It was beautiful; the color was a perfect match; AND it was less than 48" ! And even better, the fair was at 3rd and 28th... not too long a haul. (Transportating items is always an obstacle in the city). Unfortunately, Sean was away on a business trip, and I couldn't purchase our first real piece of furniture without him. Saddend, I walked away. Alas! Another foiled attempt.

Today, we woke up and glanced out the window - another street fair, right below us! As we headed down the elevator Sean said, "Wouldn't it be funny if that antiques booth is like right out side our building?" (okay, he didn't use the word "like" - that was the Lily edit).

We walked out the door, I glanced to the left and you guessed it - there was the booth, just outside our building's door. We walked the 2 seconds to the booth and there it was. The buffet. We looked at it. It was beautiful, it was perfect. What was even more important - we successfully negotiated a price that we wanted to pay. It was ours!

The guys at the booth were even kind enough to help us carry it into our apartment. Sometimes, things just are meant to be.

Come visit and check out our new addition to the ghetto penthouse... becoming less ghetto, one piece of furniture at a time :)



Please ignore our minty fresh hallway.