searching for the perfect couch

Our big blue couches. One of our very first purchases together back when we were still living in a townhouse with friends. They were second hand and we got both pieces for $550. Best money we ever spent!! They've lasted us 9yrs and while the large sofa is looking a bit tired, the love seat is still in great condition!!

The above big sofa, will be replaced with the below longer sofa!

it's super comfy and will wear well with our semi-active house :-)

here's the blue love seat. It's not enough seating for the basement.

so it will be replaced with the below sectional!

same sofa as above, just made into a sectional

The grey (bottom swatch) will go in the living room,

the brown (top swatch) will go in the basement.

So excited to have them picked out and ordered! Now all we have to do is wait 4-6 weeks for them to be available and delivered. Makes me wish we had started looking sooner!

Saturday Fun

 new haircut! 

 easier for growing out my bangs and working out!

 we moved the love seat back down to the basement

pulled Matt's desk out of storage

 media wall waiting for delivery (again)

bookshelves have more books! the games will go into the media center

and the shelves will go on the back wall....

Did I forget to mention....?

Our 2 new rugs? They arrived just before the crazy holidays and I love them! :-)

Above you can see what we used to have: a woven jute, rubber backed, black cotton-bound rug that I purchased from Building 19 back in......oh geez! our first townhouse apt! so that would be 2005? It sat just inside our front door but was long enough for boots/shoes too! I've always loved it :-)

It was gently worn but still going strong until Reese got sick in November. I just couldn't get it clean afterwards (a downside to woven rugs!) so we decided that it had lived a good life and I could replace it. (And, it kinda always bugged me that it didn't fill the doorway... it fell short by a good 6 inches on the left side. I know, I'm OCD)

 Here is our new rug from Overstock.com: a big longer (it fills the doorway!), a bit wider (great for wet doggie paws!) and has a grey border instead of black. I love the larger size as it gives more protection to our hardwood floors in a very well-loved-and-used area of the first floor. I didn't even take me a day to love it!

 This rug did not bite the dust but has always been a bit short. 

So I bought another of the same pattern - just longer. I kept the shorter one. 

Might come in handy someday to have 2 matching runners.

Matt isn't convinced, but I love that it runs almost the length of the entire hallway now!