That's what they say, and by god it's true!
I don't have a "shop like crazy" category, so we'll file this under Lifestyle & Home which fits reasonably well.
Just like all the furniture we bought Saturday. It fits pretty damn well!
We received a "you are such a special customer we sent you a cheap flyer" sale flyer in the mail from Foreign Accents on Broadway in Denver. Great place for antiques and stuff that looks antique-y. They handmake everything in India, some new, some with old doors and grates and iron from old buildings there, ship it over and mark it up like crazy.
However, with 45% off.... suddenly it was the Fisher family getting in on the steals.
All of them, apparently.
We excused our lack of control by saying that we're about to get the basement finished anyway, so we need extra furnishings. Ahhh, the things we tell ourselves to get what we want!
See Our house website here. I've updated quite a few pages in the floorplans, so have a look around.
This has links to all the floors and such, and I've included a new link for the basement. Sure, it's unfinished, but we're slowing getting pieces in place, such as the faux flagstone overlay on the concrete patio, and now the new Wine Cellar Armiore.
It's large and ornate, so fits the classic French definition, and it'll fit nicely in our wine cellar (when built) as the cornerstone of our wine storage facility. I'm hoping it'll hold around 180 bottles of wine, at a minimum it'll hold 120 with no extensive tricks to get it to fit. It also holds the key decorating component we'll try to mix 'n' match when building out the cellar.
Some of the most extensive work we've done is in the family(tv) room, yet it still looks bare and a bit odd, especially once the 11' christmas tree is taken down and the decorations put away. Leaves a 30 sq ft gap of floor in the corner which we've always struggled to finish.
The pieces all come from, you guessed it, Foreign Accents. The incredibly heavy teak & iron screen, the small niche stand, and the two chairs. Mind you, the flowers and painting are from elsewhere, so we can feel better about that.
And the sofa table. That's an FA purchase as well.
Did I mention that I needed to go rent a big flatbed truck from home depot to carry it all? Would have been $19 for 75 minutes, but when neighbors are gracious enough to help carry it all into the house, add on another $10 for chit-chat time! Still a good deal, and I was able to bring home some 4'x8' plyboards to use in building storage units hanging from the garage ceiling.
Phew. That's all for now, I think. And I think it's enough, frankly.
Oops. Not quite done. We also picked up a pair of wonderful lamps. Two years of searching finally paid off.
See the evolution of the master bedroom here
Posted by BilFish at January 9, 2006 09:34 AM