I was peering at a cute piece of distressed furniture on Craigslist the other night. Sort of a…read moreteal, burnished armoire thingy that someone spruced up and was selling for $500.
Like Dr. Who's bow tie, it was COOOOO-OOOOL.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? said husband, dropping his laundry basket on the floor.
It's cute, it's "anthropologie style".
What does that mean?he said. "I don't think it's cute. It's hideous."
Software engineers. Go figure. Showing him the Anthropoligie website, he said, "People pay MONEY for that?It's old beat up stuff."
After trying to explain to him the virtues of character, personality, patina, interest, charm vs. new, utilitarian, clean, etc. etc. i sort of gave up on him.
Yes, dude, yes they do. But I don't like to pay that much. I like funky, fun, little stores with hidden treasures.
Speaking of which, I had been driving past this store for weeks, always just missing their open hours.
It's in a bizarre place, on the corner of West Union and Cornelius Pass Road, by Allstate. Across from where Sweet Oregon Grill used to be (RIP, sniffle sigh).
I finally got in there, and I was so right to be excited, this fun little store is loaded with treasures. Stressed, shabby chic, kitschy, cute, adorable, wonderful, REASONABLE, little treasures.
I picked up a wooden book shelf for a pittance. I plan to paint it. It's going to hold stuff. Maybe more stuff from this store?
Apparently, the woman who runs it ( wasn't there when I was in) specializes in painting old things and making them awesome. You can tell, there are a lot of awesome one of a kind things in here, including garden art,old jewelry, wall art, painted letters, lamps, pillows, little adorable wooden boxes that are actually CD holders but look like bird houses, you know. NEATO stuff.
I saw something else in there I really wanted. I have to figure out how to justify it.
Hubby? well, he can go buy some more stainless steel shelving for the garage. BO-Ring.