We are fortunate that we live in an area of town that has many antique store, thrift store and what I so lovingly refer to as junk shops. My mom and I have loved to go junkin since I was a kid. There is something about the hunt, looking through the disorganized, one of a kind treasures that these store so gracious display that triggers excitement for me.
Throughout the years, we would think of something we wanted but didn't want to go buy in a retail store that 50 million other people would have in their homes too. No, we wanted that something special that was made way back when, made well and my neighbor wouldn't ask upon entering my home, "did you pick that up at Target."
Dave had a chance to go look at Bojo's Antiques, one of our favorite antique stores last week and came back saying he had found a beautiful bed and blah blah blah. Well, we have very different taste and I just listened and didn't comment because to be perfectly honest it didn't sound very nice.
Saturday, Dave was home with the kids and so I took the opportunity to sneak away and go check out a few of the junk shops around our area and also check Bojo's Antiques and see what I could come up with. This place is huge and broken up into three different levels. After wandering around for about 30 minutes I came a cross the cutest set of twin beds. The two together were $145.00. I couldn't believe my eyes, that was less than the cost of one of those 'lovely' MDF beds we found in the retail furniture stores. Real, solid wood, maple beds; I came home very excited because for the first time since this hunt began I felt like this could be the perfect bed for my sweet girl and as a bonus also get one for Joshua too.
At home I described the beds to Dave and how I really liked them and didn't feel like we were just settling for a bed. He just looked at me and said those are the exact beds I found last week. We knew then that they were meant to be ours.
We picked them up last night and will be shining and polishing them up this weekend for the kids.
Life is good~
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