WARNING: Usually I take pictures specifically for each blog post, or a blog post comes from pictures I've taken. In this particular case I have none. You will be mercilessly subjected to my stinking cute kids.

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Last week over at the new TVB blog, Libby posted about hating her dining room and doing something about it...

Wait.

You guys read this blog, right? It's basically a super-blog. While Libby and Katherine still have their individual blogs, Alexander Salvage and BackGarage, the two co-creators of The Vintage Bazaar are putting the pedal to the metal hand in hand.

Wait.

...Oh, man. Right now I'm listening to Shrinebuilder, which among others, include metal god Scott Kelly of Neurosis(possibly my favorite band of all time) and Dale Crover of The Melvins, easily making them a super-group. The Vintage Bazaar is super-blog. Therefore, The Vintage Bazaar is Shrinebuilder. whoa.

Sorry about that, I enjoy breaking life down to its most purest form, hardcore/ metal bands.

So, anyways, I commented(on Libby's post) that patience is king, and baby, in this vintage business, it's the truth.

We can all agree, for the most part, money is the biggest factor. I guess in a perfect world I'd drive my Cadillac Escalade with rims to the swankiest boutique on the northside and buy whatever leather couch I wanted. Unfortunately, this is real life, the democrats control the White House, so not gonna happen.

Even if I had money to burn, I'd still be hitting strangers homes to rummage threw their earthly possessions. For all the reasons that estate sales( or all secondhand living for that matter) are wicked awesome, catalog-like predictability is not on the list.

Patience is king. Not only do you need to find that perfect "something". You need excellent condition, good timing, and a damn good fair price. At least in my experience, finding the perfect, whatever, is not that hard. It's finding the perfect of something you're actually looking for.

So we wait. My wife and I have been looking for a leather couch for almost two years. Our current couch below is great, and vinyl is the best there ever was with three little rascals running around.

But! If I could get it in red leather, cushioned arms, and one more spot wide, oh baby...baby, baby, oh.

The hunt continues.

After the Vintage Heaven sale in Wicker Park Jayson and I did some serious evaluating of our friendship up to this point, you know like; do you like my new glasses? You owe me twenty dollars? I can’t stop thinking about your wife, is this going to be a problem? Do you think we should start selling clothes?

Well the answer to the last question is yes, Manly Vintage will start having men’s clothes available, at least at the next Vintage Heaven and Vintage Bazaar. Nothing against chicks selling men’s clothing if done right, but from what I’ve seen it has been poor selection and quality; we had one seller admit at Vintage Heaven she literally grabs stuff for guys without even looking. You know, and damn it, those fashion obsessed male hipsters deserve better than that.

I don’t know what will happen in our individual online shops, and I have tried to sell some clothes before with little success, there are some guidelines I’m going to stick to. Like modeling the clothes myself, or one of the other hot married dudes I know. Also to never look like those virgin douche bags modeling men’s clothes on sites like Etsy…I guess that’s it. So lets review 1) model the clothes, no shirt on a hanger, on a wall 2) model in a way that does not suggest I go home at night to a bottle of lotion, but to a wife who has dinner ready when I get home.

Thoughts anyone? Let the wild rumpus begin!