For the past ten years we've had an entertainment center that has survived two moves, successively larger TVs, and its share of scrapes and dings. Last Thursday we cleaned it out in preparation for a new all-wood upgrade. Bye old friend! This is the third piece of "real" furniture that Leandra and I have bought (the couch came first, and the glass table seen above second) and it should last us as long as we want it. It's made of hard maple with a cinnamon finish by a … [Read more...]
our new coffee table (finally)
May 2, 2008
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The day after we got back from Christmas, we bought this coffee table during a huge sale at Nowell's Furniture. That would be January 3, 2008; we were hoping to have it for the Superbowl. We just picked it up yesterday. The furniture store called to say it was going to be an extra few weeks, but it took four months. Granted, the delay wasn't entirely their fault, but they could have made more of an effort to ease the frustration. Like, say, free delivery? Instead, we got excuses, … [Read more...]