Mission: Sofa

Upon rearranging the living room furniture this weekend, we discovered that our living room is too small. That is, we rediscovered it. Our tiny space was packed with a couch, loveseat, giant chair, piano, and no fewer than five other pieces.

We shoved furniture to and fro, stacking tables in corners and covering vents with chairs. Eventually, after throwing up my hands in frustration, I came to the conclusion that the room is not too small, we simply have too much furniture. So we threw out the couch.

Well, we didn't exactly throw it out; we chucked it in the carport, grabbed a cushion, and headed to the used furniture store. After mulling the used furniture options (and liking none of them), we wandered the new furniture section, where we proceeded to fall in love with the following:

(No worries. It's not leather.)

Thus began Mission: Sofa. Here's the deal: Long's Landing committed to giving us $200 trade-in credit for our current three piece set. That still leaves us $900 short of owning the couch of our dreams. This being move-out week in Bloomington, we're planning to collect enough furniture from sidewalks and dumpsters to fund this two-toned leisure center.

If anyone has a couch to donate to the cause, let me know.