We've been in our house now for 8 years and our living room has never been furnished. Sure it's held the papasan left over from our college days, the piano that until recently never got used, and the yearly Christmas tree, but the room was never used. Now that we have the fish tank in there, it would be nice to be able to spend time in that room. Bret has taken to sitting in a chair from a patio set I got and refinished, but as you can see comfort can be a real issue!
I started looking recently for furniture, but since we will hopefully be putting an addition off that room soon, Bret was not too eager to decorate yet. It never hurts to look though!! : ) So, I found these leather (?) chairs at Target that I thought would do nicely. They were $320, and I figured if we didn't want them in there later they could always go up into our bedroom, because I've always wanted a sitting area in front of our window anyways. Well, I don't buy them at the store, but I checked online a few days later and they were on sale for $210. Yay -- my lucky day! I see what Bret says, and by the time he says yes the next day, they are no longer on sale! Figures.
As I continue looking around online, I start thinking that maybe cloth chairs with a leather love seat at a later date would look good. Hmm....sounds good to me. I find some online for $230 and when I stop at Target later that day to see them in person -- they happen to be on clearance for $160. Yippee!! I tell the lady I'll take two, but the only two they have are the one in the box and the floor model. The floor model is screwed down to the floor and has had a million people sitting in it. Um yeah, no thanks!!! Folsom has none left, but Auburn has 4 so I can still get one somewhere else though.
So, we pay for all of our purchases and the kid follows us out to the parking lot pushing the big flat bed dolly with the chair on it.
Me on the way to the car: So, we'll have to take the chair out of the box, because I kind of have a small car. It's not a problem though, I do this all the time!
Briana: Yeah, she does have a problem with doing this a lot.
[We proceed to rip the box apart and put the back and legs into the trunk. There is still quite a bit of room in there and we haven't even touched the back or front seats.]
Kid: Umm....the base is pretty big. I'm not sure where it's going to go.
Me: Oh, no problem -- I'll just put it in the back seat.
[Now I'm inside the car trying to pull the chair in, and he's outside trying to push it in.]
Me: Can you just turn it a bit so we can get it in?
[Pull, pull, wiggle, wiggle.]
Kid: Umm...you know BMW and Mercedes make SUVs, don't you?
Me: Oh yeah, but they suck. I want a Saturn. Plus, what would be the fun of that?
Needless to say, we finally got it in and Briana had about 6 inches of seat to sit on. Good thing her butt is so tiny. One of these days, I 'm actually going to be stuck in a parking lot with my purchases and no way to get them home. There have definitely been some close calls, and yesterday was no exception!!!! It's really lucky they only had one, because there is no way two would've fit!!!
I almost headed into Auburn last night to get another chair, but we didn't get home until after 8:00 and by the time I got the chair together, I wasn't that motivated to head back out. First thing this morning though, I call Auburn and guess what they tell me -- they have NONE of the chairs left. Uh oh!! I hadn't figured I'd need a back up plan -- last night they had 4 for goodness sake!!
Pretty soon I've called all the stores in the radius they give you online and none of them have any of the chairs left. *Gulp* If all else fails, I guess I can pay full price online, but by the time they add tax and shipping it was about double of what I had paid. So, I persevered on. Finally, Lincoln says they have 8! Within minutes, the kids and I are loaded up and heading to Lincoln. We get there, find the chair, and...are you ready for this....they have them on clearance for $115!!! I'm giddy. Well then.....I think I need a table, and while I'm at it a lamp, and oh yeah, an ottoman. I had two sales associates helping me. After numerous trips to the stock room, three different attemps at the table (too wobbly, don't like the color...), and several different ottomans.....here's what we ended up with.
Yeah, there's no ottoman, because after all that I just didn't like the color very much. I'll continue my search though to finish my ensemble! And now I have a real living room where people can actually sit down. Aren't I so sophisticated -- he he!!!
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