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| ottoman |
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| amazing settee! |
I have a few new addictions to confess: ottomans, settees, craigslist, and pinterest. I search craigslist for free stuff, ottomans, and settees. I recently purchased an ottoman and settee from craigslist. The ottoman was from a store in Villa Rica. So my longsuffering husband drove me an hour away last Saturday to the small town of Villa Rica where we spent a lovely morning perusing the antique shops there. I picked up my great deal ottoman and Mike purchased a set of hardback Winnie the Pooh books that were published the year he was born (my husband is very sentimental and also suffers a few addictions of his own, one of which is that he can never resist buying a book) I love my ottoman and am trying to decide what fabric to reupholster it in. Yesterday, I purchased my first antique settee from craigslist. While I like it alot, it will need a lot of work. I am a bit concerned because it needs its coils replaced. Mike has assured me that he thinks he can handle that part) We will see. I was also supposed to purchase another one that was finished and had beautiful lines. Unfortunately, the person sold it yesterday afternoon to someone else before I had a chance to go get it. I am soooooo disappointed, but realize that part of the fun is the hunt, so the hunt will continue (fun for me but not so great on the pocketbook!) I think I will have to stop looking for ottomans, although I love the old giant round ones, so you never know!
While in Villa Rica we stopped at a store that left me speechless. It was so crammed full of stuff that I deemed it the "hoarding store". It had anything you could possibly imagine. Unfortunately it appeared to be going out of business. Because I found it so fascinating I had to take some pictures so here they are:
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| Inside (just one aisle ahhhhh!!!!!!) |
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| Outside, it said, "If we don't have it, you don't need it!" |
