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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Butterfly chair from Craigslist



I fell in love with a chair on Craigslist. A brindle cowhide butterfly chair.

The other night, my husband went to pick it up, and when he brought it through the door, my heart sank. This is not what I expected. It's so low to the ground. There's packing tape holding the rods together! It wobbles!  What.the.HELL!

I need to pay more attention when I buy off Craigslist.  I get emotionally attached to the item, I stop thinking. I don't question it. I just want it! I don't want to lose out! I WANT IT NOW!

In this case, I thought I was getting a Circa 50 chair. We could have bought two new Circa 50's for $540usd plus $30 shipping to Buffalo. Then drive down and pick them up, paying additional duty and tax. This chair was $325 - about the same price as a new one - but it had packing tape on its legs.

I am pretty sure the Circa 50 base is two continuous metal rods, not 4 rods connected by 4 base rods. Tremendous buyer's remorse overcame me.

"Oh well", my husband said, "we can always pick up a new base, the cowhide is in perfect condition."

But, I felt like a total failure. I took it HARD. I contacted the seller, she sent me a link to where they bought it from:

http://naturemadehides.eurofull.com/shop/detalle.asp?oynprodid=389

I felt a bit better. 

Then I took the chair apart, figured out how to stop the wobble, re-assembled it (boy was that a ridiculous challenge), and removed the tape.

I have gone from in total love, to tummy ache, back to love...I sit in the chair every time I am downstairs.



ps. watching clist for a lower round coffee table now!
pss. Here's what my basement looked like when I went down to take a few photos:


5 comments:

  1. Pricey but totally works for your basement. Is it comfortable? Lumbar support?

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  2. Oh good. I'm glad it worked out but you will be more savvy now. Lesson learned and bad CL karma to the seller

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  3. This reminds me of the butterfly chair I had when I was a kid. It was just a cheap blue canvas one, but I loved it so much. I'd sit in it for hours while I read book after book!

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  4. Love the chair!!! It's fantastic in brown. Fab find ;)

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  5. I just saw you on TV...crazy! Steve and Chris are my fav!!
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