Just when I thought I'd never find the TV cabinet to fit our tiny living space AND look good with my style of decorating, I found it!
I saw it at a local thrift store that I frequent about 3 weeks earlier. When I spotted it, sitting there next to a couple of other TV cabinets, I immediately fell in love with it. I did the overall inspection which included opening the drawers, you know, to make sure they were in good shape. I found the original manufacturer information packet still stapled to the inside of the drawer. It's a Stanley Furniture piece - "Water's Edge" collection. Nice!
Unfortunately, I couldn't purchase it that day...had other obligations to meet, as it were. So, for the next 2 weeks I'd go back, just about every day, to check on "my" cabinet. Each time, I'd take a deep breath, hoping that it was still there. Finally, on the day that I went in to purchase it, there it was! YES!
It had a price of $128 on it, but I asked the store manager if he would take $100, being that it had been sitting there, now, these 3+ weeks. He said, "Yes, I can do that." Hooray! Now, to figure out how to get it to my apartment, right? I asked him if they could hold it for me until I made arrangement to pick it up. He said he would hold it for 24 hours. OK, great! Right about then, one of the nice helpers there asked me if I needed help getting it home. He said he and his friend deliver on the side, not as part of the store. I said that I'd give them $20 to deliver it. He said, "OK!" I had my cabinet delivered and in my living room later that afternoon.
My husband was out of town at the time...visiting his mother and family in Virginia. This was the perfect time to make changes without disturbing him. I know you women know what I mean. Had he been here, sitting in his recliner watching football, it would've been a huge hassle! :-)
I love my "new" TV cabinet...just love it! Our older flat screen TV used to look so huge and seemed to be in the way. Now, it looks teeny sitting in the cabinet and the room actually appears bigger...taller, for sure!
Here are some photos:
Happy blogging my friends!
