A perk of being tied to your computer for a weekend of grading: you can sell your furniture while you're at it.While D was here, we decided what we wanted to put on Craigslist so we wouldn't have to make room for it in our new place. There wasn't too much, but most of the items were bulky: a futon, a giant TV hutch, a desk, an ironing board. Monday morning, after I dropped him off at the airport -- for the last time! -- I took pictures of everything and wrote up some ads. By lunch, the e-mails started appearing.
The futon drew the most attention. That sold right away, and the buyer came over the same evening to pick it up. I was a little sad to see it go as it's the first piece of furniture I bought with my own money when I first moved to New York just under six years ago. But we are hoping to upgrade to a nice armchair or chaise, so it was time to part ways.
There's been some interest in the desk too, but it's still here. If it doesn't sell before I move, it's okay. What I do want to unload, though, is that TV hutch. We really won't have a place for it as the living room in our new house has a built-in alcove for electronics. Plan B, if that doesn't sell, is to take it to a local consignment store. It'll be quite a project to move it, but I have a friend with a trailer hitch. We just have to get the thing out the door.
Sigh. I'm antsy. So close to being able to start the moving process (packing, cleaning, etc.), but there's still too much living that has to take place in this apartment. D did wash all the windows (not an easy task since all the screens were installed backwards and had to be wrestled out!), but the interior scrub-down will obviously have to wait, especially in the kitchen. I guess I can tackle the oven this weekend and just not use it from here on out -- not difficult since I'm more of a soup and stew person when I'm cooking only for me. What else can I take care of? How about the half-bathroom? I'll just stop using that too ...
Can you tell that I really can't wait to get out of here?
4 comments:
Not long now - and I can feel your excitement from here.
It is sad getting rid of the first piece of furniture one ever bought for oneself. I had a mauve sofa that my mother bought me for my first ever apartment and I got rid of it when I moved out of my London apartment. I still think about it occasionally - as I'm sure you will with the futon.
What I'll remember most was assembling the frame -- every wooden slat had to be screwed in individually!
We've got a double bed like that - although I was the watcher and Mr FF the doer it took 'us' all afternoon and then some.
Yes, not a quick job. I made an evening of the project -- turned on the TV and got to work.
We're looking forward to having a real bedframe (or at least, a headboard) once we're ready to purchase a bedroom set. I think furniture for more public spaces, though, is higher priority at the moment! Our future living room is of the open-concept design.
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