A blank slate no more

At the beginning of April, we celebrated our one year house-a-versary. Perhaps "celebrated" is a bit of an overstatement. In the midst of work, life, and everything else, we realized a few days into April that we had been in the house for a year. See? "Celebrated" sounds much more interesting.

At the one year mark, we realized how sad it was to still have an empty front room, with just a coffee table. The cat loved the mostly empty room, because he was able to slide across the hardwood free of obstructions. For the humans of the house, a largely empty room was a huge waste of space.

I'll admit that part of the hesitation at buying furniture was the inability to form any sort of plan. Interior decorating is intimidating! In the end, we decided on blue! Blue couch! It looks like we will be keeping the walls white (or light) to go with the blue.

For a while now, my husband has talked about wanting a leather recliner. While this wasn't my first choice, I agreed to at least look in the leather section. Some of the recliners reminded me of "Chairry" on Pee Wee's Playhouse, and some were so big that my feet didn't touch the ground. This one seemed to work when we found it in the showroom, and it works well in the room, I think. As a bonus, we purchased a floor sample and saved a few bucks. 

Wow, what a difference. It's like we've instantly added on another room to the house. The front of the house faces west, so this space will be particularly nice for after work beverages. :)

Next up: some sort of area rug and devise a new plan for the old coffee table....