"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."

If for a second you're thinking I'm copying an IKEA catalog, you're wrong, it's Fight Club dude. 1999 man, it was another 2-3 years before I even heard about this thing called IKEA. Another 1-2 years before my smoking hot wife and I filled our first apartment with their cheap particle board whatnot.

When was this layout original and fresh? Am I fresh?

Anyways, I like it. The folks on Craigslist couldn't get enough, got a bunch of replies just for the pictures.

"Only after disaster can we be resurrected."

"Hey, you created me. I didn't create some loser alter-ego to make myself feel better. Take some responsibility!"

I might of been obsessed with everything Chuck Palahniuk back in the day. good times.

I will definitely be offering this again, think about it, maybe even posting a whole room on Craigslist. The possibilities...

Checklist

1. Two wives

2. Seven Children

3. Couple cases of beer

4. Ammo for the 38. Special

5. ...........ahhh, I can't think of anything else. oh, duh, fireworks!

6. yep, we're good. Let's go!

We're off to Indiana y'all; we will return with trunks full of vintage goodies, cheap Indiana cigarettes, and a heck of a lot less bullets.

I can't wait for all the small town antique shops, shooting bottles with the .38 Special, watching the kids catch lightning bugs, and building massive bonfires. Well here are some more photos, I was obsessing over learning Photoshop vintage effect at the time.

Oh, and a quick recap about the farm: been in Jayson’s family since 1863, nothing on the property dates later than the 1960s (except the foosball table), literally filled to the brim with antiques circa 1860s-1930s, two barns, one chicken coop, back country awesomeness.

Today her and her sister picked the lock on their door (j/k) and came out wondering what I was doing with her computer and dolly. Only props my dear…so far.

A bit of a picture overload but if you have a beating heart in your chest you’ll find one you just love. I think I might include one with Lucy (the youngest) in the Etsy listing, if all goes over well this might be the beginning of some sort of Etsy stage-parenting disaster.

Update: Here's the listing

Primitive furniture on the other hand I've become smitten and awash with love. So am I saying I want a house minimally decorated with each room centered on a gnarly, rustic, my-entire-brood-couldn't-destroy-it, piece of wooden awesomeness? Yes. Yes I am, that and rows and rows of  Globe-Wernicke bookcases. (My wife will never let this happen)

These objects are very pricey if you're a sucker and purchase from a dealer (I'm not and I won't) and rare to come by in these parts (Chi-town). Also and a BIG also, I'm split on the issue of spending money on distressed pieces of furnishings all together!

Isn't some of the fun watching your furniture going from new (always a little used in my case) to charmingly beat up? Particularly the family man that I am, when my kids are on their own and I sit those final years on deaths door, wouldn't furniture covered with 20+ yrs of damage I told my wiener kids never to do my stuff just warm my old saggy gray heart?

So what is the point of the blog post? I think a to-do list is in order.

1. Keep going to sales/junk stores/alleyways, maybe, just maybe.
2. Take a trip down south with a van?
3. Seriously consider begin investing in space (purchase of my own Chicago bungalow is in the works) and tools to make my own damn furniture.
4. Does anyone know of a blog about this kind of stuff?

Oh and duh, the whole reason I started this post was because I found this chair last week, worst-blogger-ever. $15 yo.

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