Sunday we went to the furniture mecca that is IKEA. I swear I can hear the angels sing when ever that name is mentioned. IKEA. Did you hear it? IKEA is a wonderous experience. They have room upon room displays set up. They have a cafeteria with swedish meatballs (among other things) and they are an extremely kid friendly place.
For under $200 we came home with a new coffee table, 2 new filing cabinets (2 drawer kind), a big piece of plastic to put in front of the desk , one bracket shelf and 2 floating shelves.
And if you are sitting there thinking that we didn't any of that stuff - yuh-huh, we did so! And now I am going to justify each item.
1. coffee table - we moved the bookcases off of the wall they were on, to behind the couch. We had to move the couch a little closer to the tv. The old table didn't fit well. PLUS it didn't match any of the other furniture in the living room because it was the one Hubby bought right out of college.
2. filing cabinets - yes we already had one, a 4 drawer one. Hubby was using one of the drawers for gun storage and I had the other 3 for actual files. He decided he needed more drawers for gun storage. Okay, and his school stuff. So I got new ones. They are smaller and fit better in the spot. And my handy Hubby fastened them on top of each other so they look like a 4 drawer, only it didn't cost as much as a 4 drawer.
3. big piece of plastic - the wheels on the chair are marking up the floor.
4. bracket shelf - for the telephone and our digital picture frame. The telephone had previously been sitting on a bar stool that matched the coffee table and was also bought by Hubby right out of college.
5. floating shelves - for Hubby's ceramic work. We have never had any place to display them, so they have been staying with his parents. Now they will get to come home.
See. Totally necessary.
1 comment:
i have a new name for Hubby: Spontaneous Noise Boy.
When I heard it, i thought immediately of him.
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