craigslist + cool find = big smile!

i have really been into old furniture lately. in fact, i'm really liking some of the cooler mid-century pieces like this one...

...gorgeous! but allan doesn't see eye-to-eye with me on the mc stuff, so none of it will ever likely show up in our house. anyway, a few months ago i was looking for something to store a bunch of the kids' stuff in (art supplies, mainly). i looked to craigslist because i love craigslist and i love finding a great deal, but i couldn't find anything for the longest time. then one day as i was searching it, i landed upon the exact china hutch that i had seen and wanted to buy years ago when allan and i purchased our first house. (we didn't buy it at the time for a variety of reasons, the main one being that it was really expensive, but i really wanted it!) i was soooo excited to see it in my city's CL (not a larger area like seattle or portland), especially since i found out later that the company doesn't make that particular hutch anymore! i don't have a good picture of it, but you can sort of see it behind us in the picture below and behind the banner that i sewed for emma's birthday. (more on emma's birthday soon!) it has a ton of drawers on the bottom and sufficient storage on top, plus i love that it isn't what you normally expect a china hutch to look like. so, before you go out to buy new furniture, check out your local craigslist. you'll never know what you'll come across!