Farewell, Ruffhaus
Ruffhaus has been sold! We closed escrow last Friday. I dropped off the keys and said one last farewell to downtown Oakland. I cried a little as I said farewell - listening to my shoes echo on the stairs one last time, flipping the gold-star lightswitch in the bedroom, looking out over the depth of the cityscape and watching the people and cars go by. Then a crazy dude on a bike rode by shouting "BE QUIET BE QUIET BE QUIET!" and I decided yeah, it's time to be done with that chapter, and I'm happy to move on to whatever's next. The wire transfer for $$stupidamounts arrived on Monday morning, and I've decided to spend some of that money buying us nice new furniture.
It's surprisingly difficult to find *nice* furniture. I might swing by Fenton McLaren later today to see if they have anything suitable. West Elm looked good online, but when I went to check out my favorite item, it turned out it doesn't have any sliding hardware. The drawers just slide in and out of a big wooden box, with some teflon spacers to keep them centered. That would drive me *batty*, especially given they want almost $1000 for the damned thing. Screw that! Time to go hunting for some higher quality furniture. Open to suggestions! We particularly like mid-century styles.
Post forthcoming on the difficulty of making decisions on where to buy our next home. Lots of thoughts brewing in my head about that.
It's surprisingly difficult to find *nice* furniture. I might swing by Fenton McLaren later today to see if they have anything suitable. West Elm looked good online, but when I went to check out my favorite item, it turned out it doesn't have any sliding hardware. The drawers just slide in and out of a big wooden box, with some teflon spacers to keep them centered. That would drive me *batty*, especially given they want almost $1000 for the damned thing. Screw that! Time to go hunting for some higher quality furniture. Open to suggestions! We particularly like mid-century styles.
Post forthcoming on the difficulty of making decisions on where to buy our next home. Lots of thoughts brewing in my head about that.