Estate Sales

Oh how I love thee! Yes, I know I am weird.  But there is just something that gets me when I know I can get things, big things, house things, things that I know I can't afford the full price of at a bargain. And even better, I can usually ask for a price that is below the tag and I win (well sometimes...). What's better than that??
Here is a picture of my biggest estate sale find so far:

Isn't it pretty? And looks so very pretty with all of my wedding china (special thanks to mom for helping me bargain my way to a better price and even bigger thanks for unwrapping boxes and filing the bookshelves up :)

Has anyone heard of estatesales.net? Its super dangerous.  It's a preview website that shows pictures of upcoming sales.  The majority of the pictures are junk, but I find enormous pleasure scouring through them looking for great buys or pieces that could be painted or recovered.  I then start thinking about how I would update it and where I would put it in my dream house.  The worst part about this website (at least for me) is that new pictures are released every day....soo that means that I have to check the website everday and hence the process begins again.

Does anyone else do this?? Please say yes so I'm not alone. 

Now that I have this new blog though, I am giving myself a reason to scour estatesales.net. I am going to find a couple pictures a week of things I think would be great buys.  I am also going to tell you how I would change/update it and what kind of room it would look great in.  How's that sound? Alright, here it goes:

First piece up:

Orange retro loveseat

I'll be honest, I'm a little nervous about picking this one out for my first estate sale pick, but I keep going back to it because I think it has so much potential and so many different uses. I love the nailhead trim and it just looks super comfy to cuddle up in.  And look:  here is a similar piece at Restoration Hardware.

See! Still in style! This Restoration one has some cushions, but besides that they are very similar.  The same hand tufting, rolled arms, legs and nail head trim! And personally, I kinda like the orangy leather in the estate sale couch; it gives it some personality. Can't you see it perfectly here in place of the white couch? 

A perfect reading nook.  Of course, you would have change the curtains to match.  I actually really like the style of curtains that are already there.  But I would maybe change the yellow it to an orange or a green maybe.



Like this one.



Or I really like this pattern. And the color too because it matches the wallpaper.  By the way, can you tell what is on the wallpaper? At first I thought they were birds, then a man pushing a lawnmower or a little boy on a scooter...I don't know. What do you see?

Changing styles for a more formal approach...the couch would look great in a smaller scale of this room.  The colors actually work well because the lampshades would pull in the color of the leather and tie everything together. BTW, I love the gray wallpaper and carpet in this room (may have to do a separate entry dedicated to grays...stay tuned).

I'm not sure why, but I feel that a leather couch just begs to be put in a library.  Maybe beause it just seems sophisticated. Or maybe because I found this picture here:




Thats my couch!!!  And just because here are some more library rooms that I could cuddle up in my new couch and read a book:

I think the tie dye painting is perfect for my retro orange couch.

And lastly, for the log cabin of my dreams, my couch would look perfect here:

Especially in front of one of these: 

Ahh thats more like it!

By the way, today I was told Christmas is 7 weeks away...seriously ?!?! I don't think I'm ready. Are you? But I am ready for a big nice warm fire and a good book to read with or without my orange couch.

Love,

Leigh