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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2006-01-02 01:10 am
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Shopping...

The reason I keep coming across anime stuff is that I'm cleaning up the dining/library area, which has served as a junk catchall for the past year, because over the next couple of weeks I'm moving my studio area into there. I did the IKEA thing today - there's been a store open in Frisco, about 45 minutes away, for 6 months now and I kept intending to go. Only got 2 things because I realized quickly that of the $300 I budgeted for this, I was going to ahve to have a good deal of that for the delivery, because even if they fit in my car there was no way I was going to be able to get them out on my own. :)

So I got this desk and this chest of drawers to start off the studio area. I was originally going to buy at least one more table and move the bookshelves over to the area where my work area is currently, but realized that if I didn't I could leave the bookshelves there and buy more bookshelves for the current work space and be a lot happier. And Target has some cheap 5-shelf bookshelves for sale, so I think I may be over there tomorrow.

This is a coffee table I've got my eye on - I like the storage, plus the ability to extend it if necessary. In black-brown, of course, not that birchy color.

I have no idea what I'm going to do with my current desk, which looks sort of like a Stealth bomber. IKEA wanted $60 to take it away, and ... I don't THINK so!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-01-02 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
*pokes about* Ah, DFW does have a Craigslist. Sweet! That's a good idea - I may just do that.

[identity profile] riofriotex.livejournal.com 2006-01-02 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I second the Craigslist idea. I'm moving 2600 miles and downsizing from 1245 square feet to probably half that. I've used Craigslist to get rid of five big and/or old items so far. I think you could definitely get some money for that desk.

Be sure to include that photo in the ad. I had a buffet I needed to get rid of and had only one response until had a friend with a digital camera - I don't have one :( - come over. I sold the buffet for $100 - perhaps I could have sold it for more, but it's a bear to move so I'm happy.

As for the listing things for free - actually I have gotten a good response for the things I listed that way (an old sewing machine in a cabinet with a broken leg, a dresser with a huge scratch on front). On a couple others, though, (a twin mattress, a futon frame), I wish I had at least started out asking something - you can always pull the ad and repost it with a lower price if there is no interest. I really needed to get rid of the items, and did not want to pay dump fees. Plus it's nice to know someone is getting more use out of them.

I've got about five more things to sell/give away on Craigslist over the next ten days or so.