Thank you Jordan for posting about our first update on our house, we got the internet up and working finally!
Today I want to touch
on the wonderful world of furniture shopping. Kyle and I have successfully
purchased two chairs and a console table for our new home.
I might have
mentioned it before, but Kyle used to work at Mathis Brother’s Furniture store,
which trained him on all the styles and brands of furniture. This has been very
helpful but also a little challenging when I like the look of a piece, but he doesn't like the
quality.
Also, our styles are
pretty different but we have learned how to find things that make us both
happy. I would say I like more quirky,
eclectic, very open things and Kyle likes more traditional, solid, darker
things. I would describe our combined style as rustic-modern. I am trying to
think of a different name for it since sounds like such an oxymoron, but I think
that suits us best.
When moving into our
house, we knew we wanted a chair for each of us, and we didn’t have anything to
put our tv on (it was mounted on the wall in the apartment).
Kyle has always
wanted a recliner and I was very weary of the traditional style of
recliner. Big pillows of shiny leather
consuming whoever sits in it was not really what I had in mind for my
dream living room. Amazingly, we found a very sleek, track arm chocolate brown
leather recliner that was soo comfy. It even matched the couch we hope to get
in the future. Later, when we got it home it did not recline very well so we
ended up getting the same style of chair only not a recliner. Kyle compromised
on his recliner but he has promised me he loves his chair and ottoman just as
much, ha.
Then it was my turn
to find a chair. I thought I wanted some sort of smaller, sleek, fabric
recliner but apparently only super expensive designers make those. We looked
around Mathis Brothers and while Kyle was talking to someone he knew, I sat
down in a modern armchair with a tweed-like material and decided this was it!
It didn’t have an ottoman or the reclining factor but I decided I could make my own ottoman (which I’m in the process of doing, I’ll post when complete).
Our console was also
randomly found when we were wandering around Mathis Brother’s. I first saw the matching
end table and noticed the color of the wood and modern look, and when I looked
around we saw the console. It is very open and we plan to make a shelf for
the cable boxes and things, but it was a quality piece of furniture for a good
price and a beautiful color!
Please excuse the crazy amount of cords, I'm working on that :)
To each their own
when buying furniture, but Kyle and I have found it can be a marriage building
experience when compromise is involved.
I am one to want to build everything (like a console table) but I
realize I don’t have time for all of it and as long as we have budgeted for
these things, we can spend a little money on quality furniture we will use for
years to come.
Good luck out there
couples!
-N
