My Blue Chair

Have you seen the news reports lately about the excess of office furniture? Now that folks are working from home, apparently there's too much and they're actually sending office furniture to landfills. What a waste.

Anyway, I've been wanting to get a new chair, an adjustable drafting chair actually - to replace the IKEA stool I've been using since forever. I started looking at new chairs online, adding one to my cart every now and then - and then abandoning it. I knew I couldn't do it.

Then I remembered Furnish (a nonprofit store selling used office furniture in the Northrup King Building) so I headed over to see what they had. They had some nice, brand-new chairs for about $100, that should retail for $700. I considered one, but it didn't feel right for me.

I wandered the store, trying out chairs. There were so many! I felt a bit like I was at the pound, searching for the right pet for me. My plan? I was going to take home the mutt that no one else wanted. And then, I saw it! This gorgeous blue, pre-used drafting chair called my name.
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And guess what? Only $9.99.