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Remember a couple of months ago, when I mentioned coveting this sofa to replace our old, black dinosaur couch?

Old couch -- Not Dreamy

Well, when Macy's offered a big markdown on the price recently, it was too good to resist.

Matt can't resist

She looks pretty good in the living room, doesn't she?

Living Room, Revealed

After hinting that we had some changes in store for the living room--twice--uh, three times--we thought it was about time to show you.

Without further ado, here it is:

Many thanks, obviously, to Mitchell for sleeping the whole time I was taking these photos and not even offering to help once.  That guy has no shame.

I imagine this is how the circus ships elephants...

...just in bigger crates.

BACKSTORY:  As previously hinted, we have recently decided on some new furniture for the living room.  Now, because we (okay, *I*...but I'm going to persist in saying "we" because it seems less marginalizing to the XY member of this family) do all of our furniture shopping online **because one can shop online while working as a doctor at one of the ten best hospitals in the country**, we have become very acquainted with shipping fees, handling charges, our Fedex guy (Ronnie), cardboard boxes, packing peanuts, bubble wrap, and styrofoam.

So, I didn't bat an eye at the possible packaging that this guy (actually, 'these guys', because we bought two) might come in.

That was, until they got here... in crates...

Like for elephants.

Getting them out required a crowbar.  At least the elephants probably walk out of their crates on command.

TV Stand Project

Matt and I would be better bloggers if we could commit to taking more 'before' pictures. However, we fail every time... Seems like, whenever we're about to start a project, we get so excited to jump into it, that we don't take the time to document the pre-improvement starting point...

Good thing I was able to scrape up this old photo of our TV stand before we painted it an added knobs.


And here are the afters...



(Paint is Benjamin Moore's Coventry Grey, color matched to Behr Premium semi-gloss finish)

Incoming Goodies for the Living Room!

Looking forward to receiving these fun new things to give the living room a mini-makeover!

Sources: Etsy, Amazon, CB2

Furniture Craving

Aren't these coffee tables great?






I've been really, really wanting a glass or lucite coffee table for our living room.

Entryway Styling

Spent some time recently making our entryway look it's best (okay, it's really just the far-left 1/3 of our living room where the front door opens...but doesn't "entryway" sound a lot fancier?).

What do you think?

Cute!

Look what came in the mail for me today!

I used to think that those women (okay, and gay men) who had like 2374129809887645 pillows on their beds/chairs/sofas were *crazy* ... but now I'm becoming one of them. What can I say? Pillows are a room's accessories...and if there's one thing I feel good about, it's accessories!