It wasn't when I got married. Nor was it when I gave birth to my first or second child (though they may be driving me to an early grave). Buying the house gave me an inkling of it, though it still feels like a toy house, there is so much that is funky about it. No, the moment I felt that I had reached a certain level of maturity was when I accepted delivery (via the front window, since they wouldn't fit through the door of the toy house) of these items:
I'm not entirely sold on the chair. The couch, though, she is comfy and supportive and oh-so-preety. We are teaching the Labra-Spaniel not to leap on it; I felt so guilty about taking away his bed that I bought a new (color-coordinated) one for him:
He is confused but happy that we shower him with treats when he gets near it. Yes, I fear the inevitable stainage of the couch's pale green fabric. The new (similarly pale) rug had a deep purple cherry stain on it within forty minutes of me laying it down. But that brings in the adulthood part of it. The new furniture is about being mature and setting limits, for myself and my children. It is about saying, "No, you may not leap from the coffee table to the couch, naked, holding a technicolor permanent marker in each hand." (I'm not going to say whether that was me or the kids.)
4 comments:
Oooh! Pretty! I'm very jealous. My couch and loveseat are garagesale chic, covered with crumb filled slipcovers. Of course, they match the decor of the rest of the house...
So pretty! I really love the furniture, especially against that blue wall. Though I didn't notice it for awhile b/c I was too busy looking at that large child on the couch. The Biggie looks so tall even lying down! OMG.
Also, your living room is way too clean! When I first opened your blog I was like "why is Linnie posting magazine pictures in her blog?"
Very nice!
Amy: This couch's predecessor (sp?) was a stained denim-slipcovered IKEA freebie. I so enjoyed heaving it out the door. The slipcovers, they just never work, do they? Pretty much everything else in the house is hand-me-down--that's why there is nothing else in this room, it wouldn't match!
Lisa: Ha ha, it is so clean because I am posting these pictures for the entire internet to see! But thank you for the compliments, I will take them gladly.
Or you can do what we do - and cover the new couch in so many blankets, you're not sure what color it is. This in the vain hopes that the four cats and the dog won't permanently color it, well, pet colored...
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