Okay, people. I need some help with this one. I went to Walgreens this afternoon to pick up some face moisturizer and cat food and thought to myself, “Hey, while I’m out I might as well go antiquing.” What I should have realized is that going antiquing is not like running into the drugstore for Cetaphil and Indoor Formula cat food. You have to be in the mood to browse. And make decisions.
First, I popped into the Riverside Center Antique Mall near
Lunken Airport. When I walked in, right
away I was blown away by a perfect mid-century teak dining set for less than
$500. This baby was front and center in
the lobby and I don’t know how it hasn’t sold. Alas, I have a one year-old dining set that from
Ikea that includes six plastic chairs and am therefore I am not in the market for a
new one.
Next, I saw this print called “The Gypsies” which I
thought Donnie might like. Or hate. I kept going.
I hadn't noticed the black and white coffee mug in the center of the photo above, but LOVE.
I am in the market for a new armchair to go in the living
room. As much as I liked this rocker, I
am trying hard to avoid plastic furniture.
You know, now that I’m 30 and 1965 has officially come and gone.
Next, I saw this gold ram which I could imagine next to our
fireplace. I liked it, but not “$65
liked it” if you know what I mean.
Again. I don’t know
what it is that attracts me to plastic furniture. I loved this set of four white chairs, which
were $25 apiece and I thought would be a nice upgrade to our $12 Ikea chairs. But
are they enough of an upgrade? Probably
not.
This is the piece that I was closest to buying. This cubist print in a blonde frame was 20%
off $22. I thought it would go nicely
above the little desk I painted to go next to our front door. I might come back for this one.
I also am regretting not getting this blue vase for
$12. I don’t know what I’d do with it,
but it’s cute, right?
And then this. I stared at this for a long time trying to figure out what it was. The tag informed me that it is a “telephone
table and chair.”
Precious. I don’t need a whole chair for my Samsung and
it doesn’t go with our stuff at all, but this is pretty much the epitome of an
antique and it made me feel like I was getting close to accomplishing #16.
Except that I left empty-handed.
Next, I drove about a block to the Peddler’s Market down the
street. Here I saw lots of VHS tapes, including
an old Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie and a first edition copy of Free Willy (Were there multiple
editions? I don’t know). But nothing that would work in our living
room.
I have two takeaways from this trip. First, I need more time and patience to
really make #16 happen. This is not
something you can do on a whim after running into Walgreens. Second, I need some company to help me decide
what I should snag and what is cute only in comparison to all the stuff that’s
not so cute. I also should probably
bring Donnie since he’s going to have to live with whatever I drag home.
(In retrospect, this last point would have probably prevented
us from ever having had three cats at once. Hindsight is 20-20.)
So, who’s up for some antiquing?
-K.
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