Craigslist shopping

I've got a couple of house projects on the horizon that need to be done on a shoestring budget, so I've been trolling Craigslist lately.  As usually happens, I keep finding stuff I don't need and not finding anything that I'm actually looking for (and also, lots and lots of garbage).  Some of the highlights from the "stuff I don't need category" below; cross-listed with "things that the man you live with is 99% guaranteed to hate."

This dresser itself isn't particularly special for the price, but I'm a little bit in love with the drawer handles.  Repainted in black or shiny green, this would look awesome.    

I never knew I needed a brass trunk.  But I do.  Oh, I do.

Perhaps this one instead.

If you're in the market for a new coffee table, this set of chrome cocktail tables is perfect and CHEAP -- $25!

A crazy (but awesome) Milo Bauhmann leather lounger, anyone?  (This purports to be authentic for $375, which would be a serious steal.)  You need the right place and the right style for this kind of thing, but they look so cool when they're well-placed.

This gray leather nailhead chair would be great for an office.

I could fill this brass bookshelf with all kinds of crazy lady trinkets.

Someone please, please buy this darling loveseat and let me come and visit it.  It's $200.

These Jenny Lind beds would be so cute in a kids' room -- like this one from Domino Magazine (which is BACK as of today!).  

And finally, it wouldn't be Craigslist without some completely weird stuff.  The crown jewel: let's all try not to think about what this JAIL CELL DOOR might be destined for in the future.

Now that's a shiny table.

I wish I could say I was kidding when I told you that going into it, most of what I knew about law school was gleaned from Legally Blonde.  But sadly, I am not (that is, quite honestly, the only reason that I knew to bring a laptop to class).  But at the ripe age of 23, the one thing I did know was that I would need a gigantic desk for all the studying in my future.  

Enter a white farmhouse-style table that I bought for a whopping $40 from the dearly-departed White Elephant Resale Shop in Chicago.  My then-boyfriend, now-husband, helped me lug it a mile down the street to his apartment, where I promptly painted it a truly hideous shade of bright yellow.  After many hours at that wretched yellow desk, I made it through my 1L year. Since then, it's lived in three subsequent apartments, gone red (in a paint job that made it look like I killed someone in the backyard), and then back to white (in a paint job that almost resulted in me and my brother-in-law killing my husband).

This photo, from Racked's behind-the-scenes look at clothing company Haute Hippie, has me thinking about going a little Golden Girls on my old friend.

Isn't this table kind of awesome?  I like the traditional shape in such a crazy finish.  Spray paint magician Jenny of Little Green Notebook recommends Rustoleum's metallic spray paint in brass.  I've used it once before and loved the way it looked -- it's definitely a bit more gold than the name "brass" implies, but I think it would be a great fit for this project.  

But this is a lot of look for a tiny home office, as opposed to a big clothing showroom.  What do you think?