"new" to me

Shortly after we got married we bought a house...since we were moving into a brand new house we needed brand new furniture, right? Boy, did we have fun looking for new couches and tables and putting them on this little plastic card that the store just gave me because they trusted me so much and knew how much I loved all their matchy furniture. *We weren't terribly stupid---we paid off all the furniture interest free before we ran out of time on that great plastic card.

Shortly after paying off the furniture I kind of started getting the inkling that I wasn't thrilled with our choices anymore. Did ALL our tables have to be matchy-matchy?? Did we need that many? I think I prefer cleaner lines... uh-oh...

Fast forward a handful of years, a few yard sales to weed out what we don't LOVE, and another house. Over the last few years I think we have both come to realize what our style is...what Team Davis likes and needs to live happily in our humble abode. The biggest lesson is that I don't particularly care for everything being matchy-matchy...it ends up looking like a furniture store to me, not a home. I've discovered that if I like it (whatever that "it" might be), it goes with the other stuff I like, just beacuse. And it certainly doesn't have to be new...its an even better find if its not.

The other day we went on a search for dining-type chairs to go around our table on our new porch. We walked into our local Habitat For Humanity store...cue the angelic music and spotlights...I found my couches...the perfect shape and color really-- but who cares about that because my mom used to re-cover furniture so luckily that is never a hurdle..."oh Dave, we MUST have these...please oh please these are my couches!!" Dave--"we didn't come for couches. We came for chairs. You can choose to have the couches but then you don't get the chairs." (In the last few years, we had also learned about the great Dave Ramsey and the evils of those little plastic cards that lurk around in people's wallets. So we must save our $$ for what we want and then purchase what you plan on...) UNLESS you walk into the Habitat Store and find this...and they surely won't last long!

...AND we got both the couch and loveseat for $170!!! I know!!! Aren't they fabulous?! and comfy, too. Dave has never had a couch that he can lay down on and not hang off of...

I'm such a good wife. I totally picked these couches out just for him.

I'm always thinking of his comfort...you're welcome!

Oh yeah, if you are coming over for dinner anytime soon you may want to throw the old camping chair in your trunk...until the old "furniture fund" is built up again.