Liz Lemon Rules

There are many, many reasons that Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon rules (this has a double meaning because she is awesome and the boss) but I discovered another one this week. The 6th season of 30 Rock is streaming on Netflix. Some of you already know this. I just realized it last week (even though Whitney may have tried to tell me earlier than that) and I have been watching them at lunch and a few each evening. During the St. Patrick's Day episode I noticed something unbelievably cool in Liz Lemon's apartment. Folks, she has a card catalog in her living room!

I would Love to have this piece of furniture. Have you ever searched for card catalogs on eBay or Etsy? They are super expensive. Here's an example from eBay.

That price is unbelievable. You'd think it was made my Ethan Allen or Pottery Barn. Even the tiny one or two drawer ones are at least $50. Or check out this one on Etsy...

So expensive! The size of Liz Lemon's catalog is perfect. We had one in our library a couple years ago (not to use but for nostalgia) and it was bigger than the one in the eBay picture. I don't know what happened to that catalog but I would have loved to buy it (at a reasonable price). I found this on Pinterest several months ago and tried my hardest to find the drawers at Ikea so I could do the same thing.

They didn't sell them at the Atlanta Ikea so I contacted the blogger who posted the how-to on Pinterest. She found hers where she lives...in Australia. Oh, well. I'll have to start attending garage sales or the like in order to find my dream card catalog furniture. Have you found anything interesting at a garage sale? I went to an estate sale once with my mother about 3 years ago but other than that I've never really been to a garage/yard sale. I never have cash so I never think to go.