Our story begins with a young, new college graduate looking for furniture to furnish her new apartment. She had some time before moving in and would occasionally peruse Goodwill and other furniture outlets. She was only looking for essentials- a couch, kitchen table and chair, and nightstands- to add to her collection of a bed frame and mattress. She didn't need much, and as such, felt indifferent about needing a desk with the assumption that most studying would happen on her (imaginary) couch or the library on campus.
Fast forward to Goodwill one lovely July morning. Our heroine has found a lovely set of kitchen chairs to go with her newly acquired kitchen table. Her shopping buddy and Mom notices a lowly wooden desk with junk- and a sale (yes, sale...who knew Goodwill did sales?) tag-on it. The desk, once priced at $23 was now just $12.
Our heroine's eye lit up. She found a way to get it home (by sitting in the trunk of her car and holding the desk by two of it's legs--see picture!).
Immediately she went to work sanding it, priming it, sanding it, painting it, sanding it, painting it, and sealing it twice. This was no small feat in the mid-day July heat that is oh so common in North Carolina summers.
After much blood, SWEAT, and tears, it was complete. It now resides in a place of honor and is the desk that desk dreams are made of.
Moral of the story: shop at Goodwill and keep your eyes open. You never know what you'll find.
And they all lived happily ever after.
The End.
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