you are not going to believe this

Yesterday I posted about trying to find a beautiful unique vintage piece of furniture with no luck; I eventually found this  on craigslist.

It's not vintage but it is different from most changing tables. I realized it wasn't perfect but I had a couple ideas of how to make it great.

So, I call the lady and arrange a time to meet and buy

After being directed to the wrong place THREE times I finally arrive and meet the lady

She shows me the piece and I start to open drawers....

The top drawer was not secure

she says," Oh you can just push that together and it looks fine."

okay

I open another drawer

She says," oh the bottom drawer doesn't work. My son broke it so my husband just screwed the drawer front on. You can't even tell it's not a drawer.You can just make a drawer and it would be perfect"

okay?!

She then says," This changing pad cover comes off so that you can wash it, my son pooped on it all the time so I know ."

WHAT?!

This woman is crazy!

I respond with a quickly made up story so I could stall and quickly flee," well unfortunately I was looking for something with a little more storage. I don't think this is what I need right now , if I see anyone looking for something like this I'll let them know!" meanwhile I'm quickly walking back to the van....

oh my. I have met some silly people on craigslist. You just never know who you're going to meet. I didn't even mention the 25 dogs that meet me at the side of my van upon opening up the door . Or the 5 naked kids running around the front yard.

long story short. I have less than 3 days to find a piece of furniture. The baby shower is SATURDAY I can't show up with nothing! I really didn't want to gift her with purchased things, I want to make something special.

Back to the drawing board

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