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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