Another Craigslist Post

I'm not sure if you guys realize that I am a bit of a deal hunter. I almost NEVER pay full price for anything (except of course my lovely new computer - but even that I researched and waited for 5 months because there was rumour of an upgrade coming) so OF COURSE I love me some Craigslist. Remember that I'm the girl who found gallons and gallons of paint for less than half price on Craigslist. Paint! In my preferred colour! But I digress...

While Toronto Craigslist is one of the most expensive ones around (ahem...you want 200 dollars for something that would be 25 in another city - or a free curbside pick up in another?), I tend to look for items that aren't necessarily "cheap" but are better quality than I could afford new but that will likely last a long time.

Case and point - remember our tv stand? Sure it wasn't the cheapest thing on CL, but it was solid wood, in great condition, and less than what we would have paid at Ikea for a better piece.

Anyways, as I was perusing my favourite blogs, I came across this great post penned by the super Toronto blogger, Shannon at 8 foot 6. As soon as I saw the pair of classy chairs, I knew they had to be mine :-)

Hubs and I made contact, drove across town and met a lovely woman who was sadly parting with her chairs.  The cushions are in rough shape, but we would want to restuff/recover them anyways.

When I had sent the link to my mom, she thought they looked uncomfortable but I kid you not, these are surprisingly comfy! You kind of sink back into them and they have the perfect incline for your back.

We got a pretty good deal because while one of them had some work done to it (webbing under the cushion), the one on the right still had old fabric on the base of the chair that would need to be removed. Um...no problem! So we came home with two gorgeous teak chairs for less than the price of one from HomeSense. Works for me!

We are thinking of what to do with them - fabric for sure, but should we paint the wood something like this:

Photo Credit: Holly at Life in the Fun Lane

Found another few pictures via google images that are making me think painting isn't such a bad option:

We'd want something more than white on the cushion but maybe we should paint the wood? 

We are going to 'sit on it' for a while and see how the natural wood works for a while - I don't want to do anything drastic that we can't take back unless it is right!!

Anyhoo - there is my CL story for the day. Thanks to Shannon at 8 foot 6 for the tip :-)