I dropped my pen looking at those. . . :) I adore carvings. I really like them both.

Those are gorgeous. I used to have a full bed like the first one you posted, I "inherited" it from my MIL (it had belonged to her mother). I loved how it looked, but the yearning for comfort won out and we now have a king as I love to sprawl. Still, I remember how pretty that bed was...my current bed is spare modern steel from Room and Board and while I do like it very much, it just isn't pretty at all :-)

You have good stuff on your CL!

Joanna

sheesharee: I wonder what the 1st bed would look like if we strip all the varnish/stain and simply wax. Put that in a Spanish/Mediteranean house' guest room w/ simple white sheer draperies --- :-D

Tradewind: our bed is kinda modern as well. My DH does not like pretty in his bedroom :-)

That second white one looks like it could transition into the styles shown in Brocade Home. That look is very hot right now.

Or for a urban loft type setting I can see that painted bright red or yellow and accessorized in a bright young modern fashion like the type of thing seen done on Apartment Therapy.

http://www.brocadehome.com/index.php?main_page=index

Here is a link that might be useful: Brocade Home

It's pretty amazing what you can find on CL. Love what you found, Bella.

My favorite things to look at are older, high-end merchandise.

I saw this Karges bedroom set on CL the other day. I'm surprised it has a king headboard for as old as it is. Maybe they used to put two twins, side by side, like they do in Europe.

You have to pay $3,000+ for a new 'engineered wood' set from China.

Here is a link that might be useful: Karges

Magnificent! That first set in particular is so regal looking.

Parma: my SIL is so into karges. She bought this Karges dining set from CL that has 8 chairs, table & pad, and a china/hutch. Original price was 150K.

I've pretty much furnished my house with CL finds.

This is my all time best score - a Stark rug - $100
Excuse the Alien kitties!

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Those are nice bed sets. First one is right up my alley.

Hubby is just starting to discover the joys of Craigslist. Of course, he's more over on the tools / materials lists. But the more comfortable he gets with it the more chance I have of getting him to "buy in" on my finds down the road.

tournant - that's a great rug. I had to look twice before I saw the kitties.

tournant: OMG took me a while to find the kitties -- it's like one of those "can you find ..." photograph. LOL :-) Your rug looks awesome. Can't believe it's only 100.

Here in CA, in areas w/ lots of foreclosure, people are selling everything & I mean everything in the house before the bank gets it. There are people advertising to sell electrical switch, recess lights, faucet, kitchen cabinets, appliances, countertop -- everything that you can pry from a house.

Where I live now there isn't much going on w/ the local CL. People here don't redecorate as much as in LA. I love LA's CL. :-)

This post surprised me today; I was pretty sure that even as far back as 1994, there was indoor plumbing in the area from which it's posted:

Here is a link that might be useful: does anyone check initials in the dark? On the *bottom*?

I wouldn't know it's a chamber pot! I thought it's a flower planter! :-)

A personalized chamber pot -- how nice! Does it come with a maid to empty the pot? :-D