WE HAVE A BOOKSHELF!
Our days of living like highly educated savages are finally over. $20. Real wood. Found on craigslist. Fits perfectly in the corner.
Next order of business: a TV stand. Preferably free. (The TV was found on the curb in front of our building. Yay!)
Doesn't it look cozy? The plague rat has a new home.
The minor downside to buying craigslist furniture is that you often have to transport it (more or less fully assembled) yourself. We ended up carrying this bookshelf AN ENTIRE MILE from Bayard St. and Bowery (in Chinatown) back to our apartment. The friendly couple selling it had taken the shelves out, thinking that would make it easier for us. I carried the shelves, and Ian carried the giant frame. We looked ridiculous. It was ninety degrees that day. Afterward we went directly to the
Crocodile Lounge.
Happy books—home at last.
