New Couch

First of all, I just want to say we got a lot done this week. We painted the downstairs bathroom (still needs a second coat though) and we primed the dining room (which I'll probably paint tomorrow)!! We are also close on the living room; that will probably be done in the next couple weeks.

So anyway, David and I were on the way to the grocery store when we passed a furniture store that was advertising a close out sale 80% off! We went in on impulse (just like all of our other big purchases..oops..) and after over an hour we finally decided on an L shaped couch for the living room. We had actually gone in to look at chairs for our kitchen table or (now that our dining room is pretty much done) a dining room table and chairs. But then again, not only do we need those things, we need for furniture for the living room (which we now have), chairs for our library (which technically we have but they're off Craigslist so they could use replacing), and furniture for our loft. It sounds like we have nothing but really our house is just too big. When we got married, David had lived in an apartment previously so we have furniture from that (but an apartment is pretty minimal) and I had rented out a room in a house so I only had bedroom furniture (bed, desk, bookshelf, dresser) so really we didn't have a lot of time to collect furniture. Now we have the time and motivation but unless that room is already finished, it's going to be hard to keep it clean or find a place to store it until it is (if you need a refresher on  how dirty construction can be, see my previous post because no room seems to be safe from sanding dust no matter  how far away it is from the sanded room and no matter how much plastic you put up).

We're so excited! This is our first piece of real, expensive (although 80% off...) furniture!