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Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2007-02-22 09:20:20 +0000

hast tha got owt for nowt pet?

So as I am moving over in about a fortnight, im thinking about furnishing the love shack.

Off the top of my head (and without really seeing the room) I reckon I need:

Bed & Matress - queen sized

Bedside table

Reading light

Bookcases - one or two bigish ones to start with

Desk - dont like "computer" desks - just a normal wooden desk/table

Chair

20"+ LCD monitor & decent keyboard

A rug or two

I normally shop for furniture at "Pikea" (Ikea for pikeys - i.e. dumpster diving) but I have heard that all the dirty students in Boston have given you a furniture AIDS epidemic.

Is craigslist and/or the suburbs safeish or am i going to have to drop the money on new?

If anyone has stuff to sell im buying and please keep an eye out if you see or know anyone with loot to get rid of

cheers

Posted by tommy on 2007-02-22 12:48:40 +0000
I personally wouldn't pick a mattress out of anyone's trash. Other than that, though, I would say trash is a good option for the rest of the furniture. Otherwise, I've never had a problem with craigslist.

I got a new foam mattress 3 years ago from Sybill at the "Foam Rubber Discount Center" just a few blocks from your new digs. Recommended.

Too bad it's not later in the year. In Boston, almost everyone's lease expires on Sep 1. It's a fall tradition: in the afternoon, watch a over-height U-Haul smash into one of the Storrow Drive bridges, then pick through others' trash at night.


Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2007-02-22 13:29:24 +0000
even i as a cheapskate pikey would draw the line at matresses from the rubbish
Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-02-22 13:31:14 +0000
Couple two three second hand stores in the Allston area. IKEA, say what you will about it, is super cheap. I will second Tommy's claim about the neighborhood mattress shoppe.
Posted by virtue on 2007-02-22 13:48:41 +0000
Corby, I've got a desk (actually, an original Widener Library solid oak study carel, so there are expectations for its eventual return in good condition), as well as two 5 shelf book cases and a floor lamp for long term loan. Just give me a shout out when you get here.
Posted by jbcardinale on 2007-02-22 14:22:03 +0000
I can contribute a bedside table, some kitchen type chairs and I have extra lamps, table and standing. I also have two kids beds available. You might use one until you acquire a Queen.
Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2007-02-22 15:02:40 +0000
BRING ME A NEW BOY!!! THIS ONES BROKEN!!
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-22 15:07:45 +0000
IKEA is the shit.

You can eat lunch there for like $3 USD each, the kid loves it , has plenty of run around room and you can get semi good furniture for cheap.

Whats not to like?

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-22 16:56:09 +0000
Absolutely no trash-picked furniture allowed, gov.
Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-02-22 18:49:30 +0000
...plus they have <a href="http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?cattype=sub&categoryId=15938&storeId=12&catalogId=10103&langId=-1">Lillabo</a>!
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-22 18:50:55 +0000
its really quite unfuckwithable, especially with critters in tow. :)

Posted by Miriam on 2007-02-22 20:05:46 +0000
What the one bedbug infestation was enough for you?
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-23 00:17:48 +0000
Oh snap!
Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-02-23 17:55:31 +0000
Anyone who is donating furniture to the Limey, feel free to drop it off any time.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-23 17:59:09 +0000
I love it.

It should be a 3 Wadsworth theme night.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-02-26 19:37:59 +0000
Kind of like the party I went to in college where everyone attending had to bring a roll of toilet paper. It saved the hosts from shopping for it for at least 4 months.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-02-26 19:50:09 +0000
That's not a bad idea.
Posted by G lib on 2007-02-26 20:01:46 +0000
Well now...
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I hate to blow holes in your story, T, but if you recall back in 1996/7 we picked a box spring from the side of the road for me to sleep on when I was staying with you. It was much better than the previous pile of blankets on the floor I had been using for a 'nest.'
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Don't be fooled by Trouser Press, ladies and gentlemen-- here is a man with the veneer of a dandy masking a pile of kitchy, bizarre, shiny, gutterpunk Pikea.

(which is exactly why we're friends, BTW)

Posted by virtue on 2007-02-27 12:17:33 +0000
I thought that was what hotel bathrooms were for...or the yellow pages.
Posted by tgl on 2007-02-27 12:54:06 +0000
!!


"Making the yellow pages." Awesome.
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