Friday, June 6, 2008

Retro Couch-- Free stuff!

Lets just begin by saying we love Craigslist and their free stuff! I (Alex) have been diligently watching Craigslist for free furniture to fill our new tiny apartment. Well, to organize it is more the word, it is VERY full as it is VERY tiny, but we didn't have anything above 1 foot off the ground except boxes and our keyboard, and the whole floor was covered because it only stacks so high! (We moved to a new and clean place that is closer to Mike's work. It's about 1/3 the size of the old one, but so much nicer!) But now, thanks to the kindness and generosity of people who give away their stuff, we have an amazing new couch in Eugene representational colors, and a practically new dresser! And now we live a little more civilized instead of out of boxes and off the floor :)




Isn't this the most amazing pattern you've ever seen??
And it folds out into a bed so we don't have to sleep on the floor with our air bed anymore!




The guy said this dresser was a little wobbly and some drawers didn't work. He thought it could be fixed but said he wasn't very good with tools. Well, to fit in in our car we had to take it all apart. When we got back home and put it together it worked perfectly! At least that guy knew he wasn't good at putting things together! :) We're grateful! This is real wood too!

5 comments:

yardsalesrock said...

Well, guys, I gotta hand it to ya, you've got the couch of the year! But the price was right. Find some incense and start burning it, and hang some beads and you'll be real hippies! Peace. Love, MOM

Nicole said...

Gumsy~ That is a nice dresser... are you going to be able to bring it back to Utah?? And that couch...I don't know if you are going to be able to find anyone else to take it off your hands!! What a fun blog!! Miss you guys!!! nicole

The Burnah Clan said...

I LOVE the pattern on the couch! (I really do think it is so fun, though I wouldn't want it in my house for long!)Get some curtains to match!!

hairprincess said...

Yay my gumsy you have a blog, that couch is yuck! nnnggaa:)

John, Mica, Jackson, Grace, Kai, and Lucy said...

I seriously love that couch! You gotta keep it!

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