the weekend that passed in a blink of an eye

it's a common complaint that weekends are too short, but this one felt shorter than usual.

charlotte (my couch model) and i went furniture shopping this weekend. she provided me with much-needed support... this is such a big purchase that i welcomed her offer to accompany me on my trek down US 70 (otherwise known as Furniture Row).

our first stop was at ecko, where we both immediately fell in love with the couch pictured above. i never thought i would be interested in a sectional, but this configuration was really appealing... for one thing, there was no 90-degree angle (the corner spot no one ever wants to sit in) and the end of the couch was a kind of bulbous glom, rather than a hard end (perfect illustrated by this here juno model). i think this particular couch may end up being too big for our living room, but there's still a little "gimme!" niggling at the back of my mind. another problem was that this couch was damned expensive. (like more than $2,000!!)

this palliser line of furniture is totally configurable, though. here is charlotte sitting in another assemblage of pieces. (for the record, both of these were upholstered in leather, something i don't think i could ever bring myself to do... i would opt for a microfiber fabric or something.)

after ecko we moved up the road a bit to the la-z-boy shop. HEY... DON'T LAUGH! i was lured by their recent glut of advertising for their todd oldham line, and not the really bad stuff. the shop we went to actually had none of the todd oldham furniture, but i did find this lovely piece which seems like it would work well (at about half the cost of the green palliser sectional).

since this shop didn't have anything that i came for, the dingbat sales lady sent us to the la-z-boy store in raleigh which does carry the todd oldham line... but alas, when we arrived i was spectacularly unimpressed with his stuff. it was pretty cheap-feeling and somewhat uncomfortable. his fabrics, on the other hand, were remarkable... very colorful and fun. i was told by the sales staff at this store that i could choose to upholster any piece of la-z-boy furniture (oldham-designed or not) in todd oldham fabrics. i was glad to hear that, because i think i have my heart set on this funky la-z-boy recliner. i think it might look good in polka dots alongside the red couch.

so most of saturday was taken up with furniture shopping (and i think i'll do more next weekend). sunday afternoon ray and i saw the eroica trio at duke (what phenomenal performers!), and then later in the evening fed dinner to joe and his friend, henry. afterwards all we made a fire outdoors and spotted a comet with ray's telescope. several bottles of wine later i find myself here, at the computer, stunned that it's almost time to go back to work.

bah!

Posted by xta at January 9, 2005 09:41 PM | TrackBack