Volvo

Volvo, somewhere in Williamsburg between Berry and Wythe.

Lisa and I spent a good chunk of the week­end fur­ni­ture shop­ping, and spring clean­ing. On Sat­ur­day, we ven­tured deep into Con­necti­cut to go to an estate sale, in pur­suit of what turned out to be an American-​made Danish “style” dining set, which was just too big and ugly to buy. From there, we drove over to Beacon, NY, which has a couple of nice stores with mid-​century fur­ni­ture, (Anna found some amaz­ing stuff there). We had some coffee (photo below the fold), but left empty-​handed.

Old copies of the Times, from the 60’s.

Interesting magazine cover from the Times, in the 60’s.

A cute little coffee shop in Beacon, NY

Next, we headed on to another estate sale in Long Island, only to find a very nice empty house that had been picked over all day. Exhausted, we decided to take one last stab in Williams­burg, poking into Cosmo’s, the only place I know of that can price a night­stand with a deep gash on top for $1000. No thanks.

This Volvo was parked nearby, a fine exam­ple of Scan­di­na­vian design. …and some­thing tells me the owner acquired it for less than that night­stand – and it’s in far better shape!

On Sunday, we got a hot Craigslist tip for a Danish-​made mid-​century extend­able dining set, that was rea­son­ably priced and in per­fect con­di­tion. After a quick jaunt to Hobo­ken, we had our­selves a new dining table and chairs.

Tada!