Furniture

We bought furniture for the new house. Yes, we did! We got rid of most of the old furniture and got new stuff. It was expensive, but at least we don't have any unstable night tables and couches with the stuffing already scratched out in certain places. Having a cat around does mean that I have to resign myself to the fact that our new furniture will probably see some more tear than wear, but so be it. Our cat is worth it!

Anyways, I'm just glad it's done. Going through the process of shopping and buying furniture is a real pain the rear. First of all, there are tons of choices out there and like a kid with too many crayons, I end up freezing like a deer in headlights. What the heck do I want? In the end, I chose convenience over everything else and tried to order as much furniture from one place to be delivered on one day as much as possible. I simply can't be taking multiple days off to get furniture delivered from multiple places on multiple days. It wasn't cheap, but it's done!

Now all that's left are the little pieces such as shelving, place mats, wine racks, etc.. Those are much more manageable and often don't require someone to be at home to sign for the stuff or watch them install and move things. Anyways, obviously if you don't have the money up front (we saved and saved for this), you'll need to buy piece by piece, which is also good because you'll have more time to really figure out what you want and how you want your place to look.

So right now, the house is still a work in progress. It probably will always be a work in progress as I've re-organized the stuff in the kitchen a couple times now and we've only been living there for about two months. The basement is still disorganized and so is the spare bedroom. There's lots to be done, but at least the big deliveries are over with!