We figured the headline would keep you reading. It’s not what you think…
We have been busy girls since our last update.
We found beautiful vintage furniture on ebay (that we couldn’t live without!) and contacted our new friend, Gallery shop owner John Taylor in Russelville, KY. Once we picked our pieces and made a deal, we promptly headed down south. On our journey we learned a few things. Leaving Chicago via the Dan Ryan at 7:00 on a Friday evening is not really a good idea. You might as well stop for dinner first. The Waffle House (in the middle of nowhere) is, as it always has been, a place to see and be seen (or stared at). Sometimes when there is a stand-still traffic jam (at 3 am somewhere south of Louisville for 30 minutes or more) truck drivers fall asleep, in turn causing another traffic jam that causes other truck drivers of 18 wheelers to honk a lot. The Fairfield Inn (in Elizabthtown) has an amazing free continental breakfast. 26-foot U-hauls make WIDE RIGHT TURNS. Furniture can look light as a feather in a photo, but you try to haul it into said U-haul. It’s not so easy. One of these two here partners has a fantasy to be a truck driver, out on the open road, singin’ at the top of her lungs, but really only makes it 4 blocks before hitting two curbs, freaking out, and letting Trucker Babe take the wheel (and driving the remaining 8 hour trip to Chicago). We’re not naming any names. Unloading a 26-foot U-haul sucks just as much as loading it. But oh my, isn’t that furniture just perfect?!
Worth every mile.
JT & Babe, thanks for making the trip with us! You are rewarded with free coffee, pastry, and our undying love, for life.
After unloading and sleeping for a couple of hours, we decided to make use of the 26-foot truck in our possession and go to the Sandwich Antiques Market in Sandwich, Illinois. We found and bought so many pieces for so little money that we could hardly believe our luck! Although, we were delirious from driving to Kentucky and back, so who knows what we bought or for how much money, but what turned up in the shop looks great. We think we’re ok.
Since then, we have been to Home Depot for an average of 6 times in a span of 5 days, which could be worse but could be so, so much better. We are now suddenly carpenters, painters, plumbers, cleaners, tile layers, wall builders, and electricians.
And we are loving every minute of it.
xo,
g&b
We have been busy girls since our last update.
We found beautiful vintage furniture on ebay (that we couldn’t live without!) and contacted our new friend, Gallery shop owner John Taylor in Russelville, KY. Once we picked our pieces and made a deal, we promptly headed down south. On our journey we learned a few things. Leaving Chicago via the Dan Ryan at 7:00 on a Friday evening is not really a good idea. You might as well stop for dinner first. The Waffle House (in the middle of nowhere) is, as it always has been, a place to see and be seen (or stared at). Sometimes when there is a stand-still traffic jam (at 3 am somewhere south of Louisville for 30 minutes or more) truck drivers fall asleep, in turn causing another traffic jam that causes other truck drivers of 18 wheelers to honk a lot. The Fairfield Inn (in Elizabthtown) has an amazing free continental breakfast. 26-foot U-hauls make WIDE RIGHT TURNS. Furniture can look light as a feather in a photo, but you try to haul it into said U-haul. It’s not so easy. One of these two here partners has a fantasy to be a truck driver, out on the open road, singin’ at the top of her lungs, but really only makes it 4 blocks before hitting two curbs, freaking out, and letting Trucker Babe take the wheel (and driving the remaining 8 hour trip to Chicago). We’re not naming any names. Unloading a 26-foot U-haul sucks just as much as loading it. But oh my, isn’t that furniture just perfect?!
Worth every mile.
JT & Babe, thanks for making the trip with us! You are rewarded with free coffee, pastry, and our undying love, for life.
After unloading and sleeping for a couple of hours, we decided to make use of the 26-foot truck in our possession and go to the Sandwich Antiques Market in Sandwich, Illinois. We found and bought so many pieces for so little money that we could hardly believe our luck! Although, we were delirious from driving to Kentucky and back, so who knows what we bought or for how much money, but what turned up in the shop looks great. We think we’re ok.
Since then, we have been to Home Depot for an average of 6 times in a span of 5 days, which could be worse but could be so, so much better. We are now suddenly carpenters, painters, plumbers, cleaners, tile layers, wall builders, and electricians.
And we are loving every minute of it.
xo,
g&b
