Changing it up

To say that I'd been procrastinating on this project would be an understatement, but after more than 2 years, I've finally checked it off the list.  We've bid adieu to my last hold-out piece of non-MCM furniture in the house, this corner cabinet: 

Separated at Birth

I knew something cool awaited me when Mr. Mod texted, "Have you seen the desk," after I mentioned that I was stopping by the Green Shag.  However, I wasn't quite prepared for this:

 

Could it be?  Could my previously unidentified credenza have found its long lost partner?

 

  

The family resemblance certainly is strong.  I'm not sure who runs this booth, but I did buy the desk off a Mid-Mod collector.  Perhaps this is her setup and the desk in question is the other half of the very same set!

For sure, it's an exciting mystery, but the price and scale of the piece means that these two will likely continue on their separate paths.  Maybe one day the stars will align and they'll chance upon each other again.

 However, one mystery is solved.  The desk, unlike my credenza, sported a label.  It's from the Castilian line by the Alma Desk Company.

The more you know...

Great Expectations

Christmas is just around the corner (or at least that's what retailers seem to want us to believe), so you better get shoppin' and stimulate that economy.  If anyone is at a loss for ideas of what to get me, you're in luck!  I've found this teak mid-century modern boomerang desk on Craigslist.  It's basically my dream desk.

It's finished on all sides and has a built-in minibar and bookcase, all for only $1200.  A bargain, I say!  That's not asking too much, is it?

In other news, we've (hopefully) got everything ready to go with the roof.  Unfortunately, the inspection company only covered 2/3 of it.  While I would have preferred that they paid the whole thing (as it was, you know, their fault), covering the extra several hundred dollars was much easier than taking them to court.  It's a good thing they waited to get back to me until AFTER all of our great weather passed and we are now firmly in the dreary, rainy part of the year.