Cane-back Chairs

We've finally settled on a room arrangement for the sunroom.  Fortunately, Jeff insisted that we use our current furniture to layout the ideas I had for room set-up.  I say fortunately because every idea I had (floating a sofa or two love seats facing each other) made the room feel too small or too crowded with furniture. 

After a week of brainstorming, asking for different opinions and moving furniture, I think we finally have a winner!  And now it's on to my favorite part... shopping!

I fell in love with these vintage French cane-back chairs on eBay... But unfortunately the $600 chairs ($450 price plus $150 estimated shipping) is far out of the budget. 

I keep looking at them, hoping that somehow the price will magically drop by hundreds of dollars and they can come live with me.  Or that Jeff will tell me he was just joking about not winning any money in Vegas, and he bought them for me as a graduation gift.  I can dream, right?

For Sale?

Happy Wednesday!  I'm in the middle of my final two weeks of school for the semester, and in the middle of wrapping up multiple work projects before the holidays... Needless to say I'm more caffeinated and stressed than usual.

So for the third day this week... Lots of pictures and updates to come on sunroom progress and decorating! (hopefully by tomorrow)

But, in the meantime, have any of you successfully sold items of clothing/accessories on eBay, Craig's List, or Facebook MarketPlace?  I have a pair of Eddie Bauer riding boots (never worn, but from last year) that don't fit anymore. 

Any advice on selling, or whether I'd be able to recoup any of the original costs?  I took several dresses and a Coach bag to a local consignment shop last month - and got about $30 for them (40% of their selling price, ugh!).  So this time I'm hoping to cut out the middle man...

Tips, advice, and words of caution welcome!