I've been stalking the Room & Board Outlet store each weekend. This place is crazy. Week in and week out hordes of people line up well before the doors open to get first dibs on the week's scratch & dent furniture. Sure, it starts out all friendly - chatting with the folks next to you, drinking some coffee, making smiley faces at their kids. But then it's 10am and the doors open. You'd think they were giving away gold. Seriously there's running and pushing, cutting in line, hollering, dirty looks. And then you finally get inside and you know it's all been worth it. Sofas and couches, chairs and ottomans, pillows and rugs, tables and desks, beds and dressers - everything that Room & Board has but cheaper! And sometimes a really lot cheaper!! It's worth the fear of being trampled. And it's so exciting when you walk in and see the perfect piece, run to it, check to see if there's something terribly wrong with it, find that there's not and you sit down. You just sit there looking all smug because you've snagged this beautiful Jasper sofa with custom fabric that will be just perfect in your sunroom knowing that all the other people who are looking at it want it even more because you want it. But ha! You're already sitting on it. And guess what? You just pay for it and take it home - right then! You don't have to wait - I love that because I'm impatient that way.
I haven't posted any pictures since we moved in really. Here are some of the rooms where we've made a dent in the furnishings. There's still work to be done but I'm feeling more relaxed about it now that we have a vision and start.
Our front entry with a very pretty rug I found at Crate & Barrel. I loved it so much I bought a matching one (only bigger) for the sunroom.
The sunroom - with the lovely matching rug and new sofa. Troy's not sure about all the throw pillows but I think they look nice - add a bit of color to things.
New TV and tables - love how they turned out (this is kind of a crappy picture though). The dark wood against the lighter floors. And the lamp is super cool b/c it's a touch one. I won't even tell you how long we had it before we figured that out - it's embarrassing.
Family room sofa, side table and lamps. We are thinking of getting an ottoman for this area too - make is a little more comfy and cozy. Plus an area rug, of course.
Living room (I think that's what it's called)... I had to call 3 different people from the outlet one Sunday b/c I wasn't sure if a red sofa would "go." I'm so glad I bought it plus this funky chair b/c they look really great in there. Plus my JC Penney lamp - the jury's still out on where this lamp should actually live. We shall see.
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