Just a few hours after we arrived back from Singapore I bought the most fantastic chair. It really proves you have to act quick sometimes, or the best finds will be snapped up. I had slept a few hours, then woke to do my obsessive routine of checking my eBay searches on my iPhone. I was really just half awake and very tired from being on a plane all night. I quickly found a chair just listed by one of the sellers I follow, that really caught my eye. It looked cool, kind of unusual, with a bit of honest wear, but not too much, and was the right look and colour for where I wanted to place it. It was called a "Sleepy Hollow chair". I had seen another chair advertised using this name previously, but knew nothing about the design, who produces them, where, their value, etc. Knowing that this was probably not a good time to make a decision regarding a chair, I decided to open my laptop and vaguely made a search about Sleepy Hollow chairs. Not much, a couple of pictures in ads, a definition, very little info. According to Dictionary.com:
noun U.S. Furniture .
an armchair of the mid-19th century, sometimes on rockers, having a single piece forming a high upholstered back and a concave upholstered seat.
The seller also had a picture of the chair on her Facebook page and after looking at the photos and listing a couple of times I had decided I really liked this chair. I thought I should wait until the next day when I had a chance to properly rest, to have clear mind and see if I still liked it before I bought it. Except, it was a Buy It Now item, I also knew the seller had a lot of followers and very reasonable prices, and the ad stated it was rare and a bargain, so I anticipated that it might only be minutes before someone else bought it. It was probably now or never... So, I pressed "Buy It Now". "I think I may have just bought a chair" I told my partner. He laughed. SO very like me. I put a message on the Facebook photo: "It's mine!" I sent an email about picking up the chair. Then I put my laptop on the floor, rolled over and went back to sleep.
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| Sleepy Hollow chair: $349. |
When I went to the shop to pickup my chair, Mrs Secondhand, aka. Tracey, said she had so many enquiries about the chair after I bought it, especially from dealers. Phew, lucky I acted on inpulse! She had even sold it to me cheaper than it was marked in the store. When you sit in the chair it's super comfy. And it looks so fantastic too! I love the usedness of it, the unique shape, the fact that it was a bargain, and that for once, I was lucky.
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