library card catalog

I have long coveted the library card catalog. They came and went on craigslist, but something always stood in my way. The piece would be in bad shape or it would be too big, too small, too far, too expensive. Or it just wasn't right. Lo and behold, a couple of days before Christmas, I saw an ad for this perfect library card catalog on craigslist. It was the right size, and it even had the pull-out shelves I like just for fun. But the seller had listed it as a part of a set and wanted to sell it with the other furniture. She mentioned possibly selling the cabinet separately, but she seemed like she wanted a little too much for it, so I decided to let it go. Then a week or so later, I saw the same ad relisted at a lower price, so I emailed again and asked. She said someone was supposed to come look at it the next day.

Luckily, that person flaked, so we drove the ~25mins to the East Bay last Sunday and went home with it! I was worried that it wouldn't fit in the car, but it comes apart in several pieces, so it fit fine. The seller told me that she had bought it a few years ago from an antique store somewhere and had it refinished, which explains the great condition.

After we picked it up, we had In-n-Out for lunch and went home. ^_^

Though I originally intended it to be crafty storage, I will probably end up using it to store a lot of random stuff. Somewhere online suggests storing wine in it, which sounds like a good plan. Not that we have a lot of wine. Also, these drawers all still have the rods in them, so I'll have to remove and dispose of those somehow. The seller told me her sister has one just like it and uses it to store CDs. DH and I don't have our CDs still in their cases, otherwise that would have been an awesome idea.

In any case, I'm just happy to have it sit pretty for now. I've had it almost a week now, but I haven't been able to share it because the weather has been stormy, so the lighting wasn't good for pictures. As much as I enjoy the rain, I'm glad the weather cleared up long enough for me to take pictures today.