Random Ramblings: NEW HOBBY! Well, maybe....

So I suddenly, and kind of randomly decided that I wanted to get into repainting old furniture and selling it! I just thought it would be something to do to do entertain myself, AND to maybe make a little extra money (cuz who doesn't like that!?!). Probably the best part of this all is how supportive Brennan is of me doing it. I mentioned it to him kind of as a joke when he told me he found his old power tools. I said, "Really?? that means you could build something cool and I can make it look nice and then we can sell it!" and he wasn't really too thrilled about that part, but the conversation led to me looking for already built furniture and redoing it. So, I started my adventure by spending like HALF of a day yesterday looking at KSL in the free section. Cheap is nice -- free is better!

This is not something for the faint of heart, let me tell you. I just checked every few hours for the heck of it and saw a whole lot of retro couches, free moving boxes, dirt, rocks, and yes even the occasional "tires filled with cement". Thank goodness! I have been looking for those! BUT all of the sudden I noticed and add for free paint! I thought, well paint could get me started. I need the paint to paint the furniture, right?? So I picked up a 5 gallon bucket of grey paint. Keep in mind here people that my house is SMALL. Emphasis on every letter. I just have a 5 gallon bucket of paint sitting in my room now.

I figured it would be a slow process, but at about 9 last night I looked one last time, after Bachelorette of course....and what do you know, there is a BEAUTIFUL roll top desk for FREE!! It had no information whatsoever though. I text Brennan and told him to go look at it and how cool it was. and then to my surprise he said, "Let's go pick it up!" Luckily, he had his parents suburban. I called the lady and got the information and off we went! I called my friend Cody on the way because she said it was heavy. That was an understatement. I felt terrible because Cody (only has one leg) and Brennan (has 2 herniated disks in his back) had to carry this MASSIVE desk down 2 flights of stairs... I thought for sure they were both going to hate me after that. Amazingly they were both still mostly smiling when they finished.

Oh yeah-- remember how I said my apt is SMALL??? and I was the proud new owner of a GIANT desk?? Well my amazing, handsome, supportive boyfriend willingly volunteered to store it at his house. His house is not huge either. the desk is currently monopolizing his dining room. The desk is in REALLY good condition and has lots of nooks and crannies and is LARGE so Brennan convinced me just to clean this one and resell it. Both Brennan and I wished that we had room for it cuz it is a REALLY cool desk! We spent about 2 hours today cleaning and shining it up to take pictures and re-post it on KSL to sell! Most the desks similar to it are going for like $200-$400 so hopefully we can make some money off it! yahoo! :)