Rearranging

Lance moved into a house my Mom rents about three months ago. He has been fortunate enough to receive numerous pieces of furniture and household items from his parents, my parents, his coworkers and other family and friends. We have both been so grateful due to the fact that Lance has never lived completely alone before and he had almost no furniture to speak of! We have slowly been refinishing some of the pieces of furniture given to him. For example, we painted an old cabinet that looked like it once belonged in an elementary class room and turned it into a storage cabinet for his dining area. It actually turned out really great!

Earlier this week, I needed to pick up a few things at K-Mart and as I was wandering the aisles, I came across a chair that seemed exactly like something Lance would pick out. The only reason it really even caught my attention is because it was on sale. Originally, it was priced somewhere around $275 and it was now on sale for $80! I took a picture on my phone and texted it to Lance. It caught his fancy and so after he got off work we went to look at it together. Much to my surprise, Lance didn't just want one chair, he wanted two chairs and the matching coffee table (he desperately needed one because the one he had was so light Finn knocked it over every time he came barreling inside).

After we bought Lance's new furniture, the first step was to assemble the chairs and table. The package encourages you to have two people to make it easier...um, it's necessary to have two people. He couldn't have done it alone and if he could it would have taken him twice as long! After we assembled to furniture, we had to rearrange his den. I have many passions in life (as Lauren knows) and along with frying onion rings and making floral arrangements, I also like to arrange furniture. Recently I somewhat forced my friend Meg to rearrange her room while I was staying with her for three days. I don't feel too bad about it though, because she said she loved it! With Lance's den, it was really difficult to place the furniture in good locations. Finally, I called in reinforcements and my Mom went with me to help me figure out a good layout for everything. This is what we came up with...

All in all, the two chairs and coffee table cost less that what one chair originally cost! I think he got a pretty good deal! You know I couldn't take pictures of Lance's den without including the most handsome dog in the whole world! haha!