I Found My Soul Mate, and it's a Chair. - Deuce Cities Henhouse
Guyses! All the way back in November I got a brand new chair and a brand new rug for under my dining room table. It was all a part of the living room / dining room refresh. I had painted the dining room a almost black color, and had taken the living room a shade darker and bit bluer – nothing major. As part of the refresh I wanted to actually buy a permanent piece of furniture for the space. By permanent, I mean that a corner of the living room had been sitting vacant ever since the basement remodel last fall. At one point the space had been filled by a TV sitting atop a small dresser, but as soon as we were able to consume television in the basement that era ended. We’ve been sans-television in the living room ever since. Then a Bertoia arm chair had been filling the space, but was never meant to be a permanent solution – it’s natural home was in our bedroom. To solve for this tricky corner, I initially had my eyes on a pair of rose colored chairs from Target and I even ordered a set ON THE INTERNET. But they had to be backordered, and in the ensuing purgatory I became impatient and decided to purchase an amazing blush velvet swivel chair from West Elm. Be. Still. My. Heart. Talk about an intervention from a holier realm. I feel as though the big G himself put that Target chair on backorder just so that I could fall in love with this swiveling stunner instead. This chair. If I could marry a chair, this would be the chair. My love is eternal and unwavering. It’s perfectly petit for my tiny living room, so comfortable, unbelievably soft (you kinda just want to pet it), and it has pleats, PLEATS! I would love to have another one. In fact, I begged Jeff. He said if I drafted a contract saying I would never purchase another chair EVER AGAIN I could have two of these. I am seriously considering his generous offer. Also, I got a rug. I had tried a rug that was supposed to be a light pink, but once I got it home it appeared to be almost lavender and I couldn’t deal. I was a little concerned that maybe a rug wasn’t the the thing the room needed, and I was a bit hesitant about sending […]