Get Thee To Craigslist!

I admit it.  I have been hogging buying all the good stuff on Craigslist.  This has been previously established.

My deepest apologies to those who came after me...

Alas! My conscience can take no more!

Before you start to think I have come to this decision based on my selfless, giving, magnanimous nature I must reveal the truth.

I have everything that I need! Well, with a few exceptions.

I know it's difficult to believe, but I am done (ish).

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Now that that's out of the way...

Please use this handy guide to help to navigate through the hallowed halls of the towering monolith that is Craigslist.  Most of us have Pemberley tastes on an Ikea budget but that needn't stop us!

Here is a sampling of recent Craigslist finds to inspire...

The Montgolfier hot-air ballon chandelier, the table, dining chairs, armoire, armchairs, Louis XVI parlor table, altar candlestick lamp...even the marble that is in the front, left side of the photo; all of these came from Craigslist.  The remainder came from ebay. Except for the cat toys scattered on the carpet.  Can you see them?  Can you see Atticus, our beloved black and white kitty?  Look behind the chair.  Hi Atticus!  Gosh, how I love that cat!  Such a little gentleman!

This French cabinet is almost five feet long and  four feet high.  See the raven-drawn pumpkin carriage that I made for Gracie last year?  The chairs came from Craigslist, as did the French brass candlesticks.

The cabinet is perfect for the entry!  I had the pier mirror- turned French trumeau there but I really wanted something that I could use to display seasonal decor.  

The pier trumeau now blocks off the front stairwell.  I like it there.  Handsome Husband says it can stay!  We have two staircases leading to the second story.  How many staircases do we need?  I mean, really?

The painting is almost six feet tall!  It is perfect in the foyer, with its 18 foot ceiling!

Handsome Husband bought the painting for me from a local shop after my daughter was born.  It is a reproduction, done in oil, of William-Adolphe Bouguereau's La Charite. 

I originally wanted to hang one of my large French pier mirrors over the chest but they are the kind of heavy that would make me neurotic. 

The kind of heavy that would make me worry day and night.

The kind of heavy that cannot and will not be  hanged hung installed on my walls. 

There are many ways to die.

  I will not accommodate any arrangement that risks a loved one being crushed by the massive weight, whilst simultaneously punctured by shards of antique mirror. 

But, honestly, what a way to go!

Seriously.  Have you seen those mirrors?

Everyone is gearing up for Halloween!

Craigslist mirror, painted with Annie Sloan Paris Grey and Dark Wax.

The chandeliers are finally hung hanged installed.  However, a few are from Europe and I am waiting on my socket adaptors from ebay.  The bulbs in Europe are a different size than in the States.  I had no idea how much it would cost to hang all 25 chandeliers! Well, it's worth the peace of mind to know it was done right!  

That's what I keep telling myself, anyhow.

With that kind of money we could have adopted this perfect angel and even fed her for a week or two!

This is Sadie, one of our recent transports!  I wish we could have kept her!

I am so pleased with the way the Library looks!

Sometimes, I go stand in the Library so when Gracie or Handsome Husband ask me where I am, I can say "I'm in the Library!" in a falsetto, fake British accent.

It's just something that I have wanted to do since I was a child.

It never gets old!

Guess who?

French chest from original Craigslist ad.  

I practically stalked the poor people who were selling it until I was certain they got my emails.

It was so inexpensive that I feel like I stole it!  I half expected police helicopters to hover overhead on the ride home!

I added escutcheons that I happened to have on hand (doesn't everyone?).

One of six French Walnut Cane Seated Fauteuils (foh-TAY'-yuh) from Craigslist.  I didn't need them but for $200 they came home with me!

Now what?

I have carried them into each and every room of my home and remain uninspired.  There just has to be a place for them!

I need a flow chart  Yes!   A flow chart!

All my problems would be solved if I had a flow chart!

Finally!  This chandelier has been waiting a long time to be hanged hung installed!

Here is her transformation...

The image on the far left is what she looked like on Craigslist.

Not sure if I like this chandelier hanging in the Breakfast Room.  

Now I want to trade it with the one in the Master Bedroom.

Ugh!  Make up your mind, Andie!

I have yet to install the grisaille ( gree-zah-yuh) panels and repaint the secretary.  So please stop asking, Betsy.

This has been a very good Summer to work on the gardens, so the inside had to wait.

I promise to take photos in the next few days! Wait until you see the potager!

I am sitting at this table at this very moment.  I think it's the first time I sat down all Summer!

So much more to share!

            In the coming days and weeks, be prepared to gasp in abject awe and admiration!

                                               

xo,

Andie

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