Couches!

So although the Living Room isn't quite finished, we decided we desperately needed somewhere to watch TV. We had picked out a couch and loveseat set that was a dark chocolate brown before we had even moved into this house. The plan was for it to match Chris' beloved recliner. 


Well, we went back to that furniture store to make sure we still loved the set we had picked out and happened upon a nicer set in a lighter color. Although Chris really wanted recliners, they are really ugly and I was happy that he though these couches were more comfortable than the one we had picked out before:

They are this soft suede like material. They feel wonderful, but aren't the the most photogenic...sorry. Before we went back to look at the couches we did some measuring. I really wanted the loveseat to be centered under the window. Chris insisted that regardless it wasn't going to be. Well guess what?

No surprise, but I was right again. We basically just walked into the store and saw these couches. They were a calculated impulse buy (they were discounted because we had to move them ourselves :-/). They are really well sized for that side of the room given that we didn't really measure them:

I think they go really well in the space and for 600 dollars for the set (plus the cost of renting the truck and taxes), I don't think we could have done much better. The pillows came with the couches and seem to play nicely with the blues and yellows in the room. Maybe not something I want to keep permanently, but in the meantime, the pillows certainly add a polished touched to the otherwise empty room. Overall, I am really happy with them and even happier that we have somewhere to sit. We are practically grown-ups at this point. Now just for a coffee table, and a rug, and some endtables, and wall art, and...well, I guess practically might be a stretch.