"A Consignment Life for Me..."

When DH and I moved in 2006, we were moving out of an 1100-square-foot condo into a 3,100-square-foot detached house, with a stop in an 800-square-foot apartment along the way. While we did have an oversized living room couch and oversized chair and oversized ottoman (oversized for the condo, anyway), we needed just about everything else for the new home, but didn't want to pay an arm and a leg.

So, after rattling around in an echo chamber for a while, we gradually started filling in house-sized furniture. I got a lot of things from Home Decorators Collection, including our loft bookcases, living room set, and settee for the master bedroom. We splurged a bit to get the perfect bed and nightstands from Pottery Barn (and I wish they'd stop sending me their catalogs!). And then there was Consignment Living... Ah...

We loved shopping at Consignment Living. They had nice furniture at great prices, and Barb and Peggy (the owners) are simply a hoot. Let's see... we bought:

The dining room set (around which we have had up to 12 knitters) (Oh, and the sideboard in the background is an antique from the 1920's - got that from an antique store in Ben Lomond):

Kelly's roll-top desk (his office desk in the Batcave):

And matching file cabinet:

His comfy leather chair:

MY comfy leather chair (where I sit 'n knit - can you tell I use it a lot?):

A lovely pedestal for the bedroom:

And our fabulous wine rack (made from an old teak doorway):

Well, after filling out our new home with a bunch of stuff, we sort of forgot about the family room. We had the comfy couch, chair, and ottoman, and an oak cabinet from the condo. But the cabinet didn't really match, and the room is so big that the poor thing was dwarfed. So, after getting our Wii and upgrading to an LCD TV (a reward for Kelly taking the Bar in July), we decided that it was time to upgrade the furniture, too. So now, meet the newest member of the Keehan-Williams-Consignment Living family, our new sideboard:

It's from Germany, it's made of real wood, and it fills the space nicely! Even after putting the TV and various DVD, cable, and Wii boxes on it, it will still allow us to put art on the walls and maybe even display some of our china pieces. Oh, and did I mention that it was CHEEEEEP? Yep; a fantastic bargain was had, folks.

No, I don't work for them, nor do I play someone who does, but if anyone is near Morgan Hill, California, and needs some furniture, stop in to Consignment Living on Cochrane and take a look. Because it's all consigned furniture, you never know what you'll find, but more than likely you'll find something you really like.