Fallbrook Trading Company

Everytime I’m in fallbrook I always make it a point to hit every single thrift store in the area. For some reason all the best items and deals come out of fallbrook. I thought I knew all the places, but today I was on my way between St. vincent’s and Angel Thrift and saw a sign out of the corner of my eye advertising 2^nd hand furniture. Not one to pass up resale, I turned in.
Walking through this place made me feel like an idiot. For starters, our entire house is furnished in about $ 1,000 worth of IKEA and looking at all the cool dressers, bed frames, and sofa sets made me feel jealous of whatever lucky people end up with them.
I tried my hardest to ignore the sinking «you-​paid-​too-​much-​for-​your-​boring-​crap» feeling that I had in the pit of my stomach and focus on the goal: nursery furniture. If there’s one thing I know, it’s that I’m not going to be settling for IKEA this time around.
I browsed through the hodge podge of cool things. 50’s style barstools, wood carved coffee tables, knick knacks, fabrics, bed frames, patio sets. There was a lot of stuff that caught my eye, but nothing that felt like the right match, nursery wise. As I was about to leave I stumbled into this weird little alcove of mirrors. I LOOOOVE mirrors! I was piling mirrors on top of each other, getting ready to check out with my stash when I saw it: THE chair. It was a standard french provincial-​style ivory dining chair. I probably would have walked past it EXCEPT I happen to already own an identical writing desk ($ 25 from St. vincent’s a while ago, converted into a changing table). I stared at the chair for a minute, wondering how it was that 2 different stores came to possess 1 half of a nearly identical set.
I pulled the chair out of the alcove and looked at it. And looked at it again. The seat cushion was upholstered in a light pink and ivory striped fabric, the build was sturdy and the price tag was…$ 40. SOLD!
I took the chair home and the second I carried it into the house my husband said «hey, that chair matches that one table you found!» Yes, yes it does. I’m not sure what the chances are of stumbling upon 2 different, unrelated furniture pieces at 2 different thrift stores with almost the exact finish, but I will for sure be back to fallbrook trading company. If I ever get the budget to refurnish the rest of our house, that’s where I’m going to start.