I’m one happy blogger

I am deliriously happy today.  Yes, that happy!  Why?  Because this arrived!

The writing desk, that is.  I bought the chair off eBay a few months ago for $60.  The writing desk is another eBay buy – I’ve been hunting for something like this for a while now.  We don’t have the money for lots of new furniture at the moment.  So slowly, slowly I get the odd piece, usually secondhand off eBay.  I love a good vintage find.

We have small rooms so furniture needs to be functional…and how functional is this!  It has two small bookshelves above, the drop-down desk (which is really sturdy), pigeonholes for everything…and a cabinet underneath.

Not only does it serve as a desk so I can write in a quiet room – but all our paperwork and pens won’t be littering the fruit bowl and kitchen table anymore. 

It’s not in perfect nick – but it’s old, like our house, so it’s a good fit.  And I’d say I got it for about a third of what I’ve seen in antique shops.

And you know that smoky, woody, ‘fireplace’ smell that some old furniture has?  It smells like that behind the bookshelf doors.  I love that smell!  It’s inspirational.  I wonder who first sat here writing letters, 80 years ago?

Now however comes the task of filling it.  Notice the empty pigeonholes, empty bookcase?  I get to adorn it now with photos, ornaments, stationery…any suggestions?  An excellent excuse for stationery shopping, if I ever did have one.  Hello, Etsy 🙂