We all know that advertising, by nature, requires spin. An adverb here, a slick picture there, but the general nugget of truth remains. Well, at least the general nugget of truth should remain.

There is a lot of this spin stuff in blogging. How many of you would be here today if I wrote entries like :

Husband painted bedroom green, the children watched.

What? Sorry I fell asleep typing that.

Instead I trot out my SAT vocabulary and work to dazzle you. Ok, for me it’s not THAT much work. My brain seems to narrate things in vivid word play, it’s almost like having a voice over in your head all.the.time. Sometimes I even have to yell at my narrator to shut up and remind myself to live the moment.

I have wandered from my intended path, let’s veer back. This post is actually about furniture, used furniture. With my house finally nearing (oh god have I been saying this phrase for almost three years now?) the final FINAL inspection, finally, I have started browsing around for used furniture. Craigslist has been my venue of choice. It’s provided me with hours of “Oh my GOD, someone bought THAT and is now trying to sell it to me for HOW much?” and “pristine condition my ass!” There are some slick sellers who manage to lure me in, thus far, every last one I’ve checked out has left me dizzy from the excessive spinning.

There is nothing more I love then to trot out to some strangers house, hoping that they won’t ax murder me while I check the dovetailing on their dresser drawers, and discover that ‘dovetailed construction’ actually means press board and dowel rod construction. ‘Shabby Chic Distressed’ is code for: it fell out the back of the pick up truck and was drug 6 miles down a dirt road, peeling off half the veneer and finally landing in a patch of bat guano. The term ‘Vintage’ some how has been twisted to apply to dual recliner Lazy Boy sectionals from the “Full House” era and ‘antique’ means so filthy we can’t tell exactly what it is nor how old it is. Often people will also tell you items are from a pet and smoke free home. They seem to think that you’re not going to notice the cat giving birth on the Shabby Chic Distressed leather (*cough cough* PLEATHER) couch you came to look at.

All I ask is for a little less spin and a little more honesty. This seller has the right idea and so does she.