Furniture Shopping
Most of the furniture we have in our apartment currently is second or third generation hand-me-downs from various friends and family members. And while we are always grateful for the help, it's about time we get some nice furniture that is comfortable and versatile. Both our living room furniture and our bed is extremely uncomfortable so there's no place I can sit or work or just lounge about without being uncomfortable. Plus, I don't want to show off our brand new house (at least to us) without having some presentable accoutremants.
So after a few trips and some discussions, we decided on a few things and after we close, we're going to head out to Rooms to Go and get some new stuff.
First, the sofas. The key here was microfiber, fairly light color with recliners. And comfortable (that's Steve's criteria)! So we plan on getting two of these.
That sould take care of the living room, as we already have a rug, end tables and lamps.
On to the bedroom. We pretty much need new of everything. Our bed is a full-size Ikea bed that I bought and it's just too small for us. And our dressers are from my bedroom when I was 10 years old, so they are a bit worn out and falling apart.
So here's the new set.
We're getting a king size bed. But we're not getting the tall armoire in the back or the nightstands. In place of the tall armoire, we're getting this dresser.
And instead of nightstands, I'm thinking of these:
These are the same thing I'm currently using for end tables and they serve their purpose. They are also significantly cheaper though.
So hopefully all that works out and we'll have nice furniture in our nice new home. And as we get even more settled, we'll add other pieces on. But for right now, this is what we're going to need to be functional.
And it means less stuff we have to move from one apartment to the other!
congrats! we bought our house this time last year. i just went through your flickr photos of the house and it's amazing!! enjoy!