My friend Casey found this on craigslist yesterday and I bought it today. As Casey has no need for more furniture I have no idea why he actively keeps up on used furniture listings. None the less, I’m glad he does as I would have probably missed this chair.
This is my second craigslist purchase since moving to seattle. The guy I bought my coffee table from was very gay. The guy I bought the chair from gave me $5 change with four $1 bills and two 50 cent pieces. Who has 50 cent coins laying around? Anyways, what’s funny is that I had the exact same conversation with both guys…
Guy: So what did you drive over here in?
Me: [pointing to my car] I drive that Volkswagon Golf
Guy: It’s going to fit in there?
Me: Ya, no problem
Guy: Are you sure?
Me: Yup
[we then carry the table/chair to the car, i drop the back seat, pop open the trunk, and plop the item in with lots of room to spare]
Guy: Holy fuck, that’s a lot of space
The is my life as a Volkswagon commercial; I should have had Da Da Da queued up.
That chair looks wicked. I haven’t seen anything cool in the Toronto listings. Though perhaps you really need to be religious about checking them everyday before you find stuff.
just do a search for “eames” in furniture (plus other things you might like such as “plycraft” or “modern”) and subscribe the rss feed of the search to bloglines. or just befriend someone like Casey.
I dont know why i troll those listings every fucking day. and I mean every day. I guess there’s something about finding things like this. I did the same for Adam K too when he was looking for a sofa. Some people blog about youtube, others troll c-list for original scandinavian (non-ikea) chairs.
I also needed a place to sit when I came over to your house. Sitting beside you on the couch every time was just too creepy.
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