Went Shopping for One Thing... Came Home with Something Completely Different!

This weekend was a blur!  Hubby and I ventured out Saturday morning in search of comfortable seating for our basement Family Room.  We searched the most popular furniture stores in our area, driving miles and miles.  Along the way we got sidetracked by a steal of a deal on a French-Door refrigerator that we almost picked up on the spot, but thought we'd better check the size in the kitchen at home first.  Good thing we did... it wouldn't have fit!javascript:void(0)

After our full day of searching we came home and after trick or treaters and our surprise guests left, I set out to make a little graph-paper model of our family room to see if the 3 piece sectional we found would fit.  We measured, I cut and paste, and we came to the conclusion that it could fit, but we'd have to totally rearrange the room and it would overpower the space.  Needless to say though, we were still interested.

Sunday afternoon, hubby & I head back to Sears to look at the sectional again.  Oooh how I love this sectional.  It is EXACTLY what I want but as we continued to measure and contemplate it's size, we sadly realized that it will not fit down the staircase and around the "S" shaped hallway - darn stupid house!  Meanwhile, in earlier wanderings inside the Sears showroom, we came upon a buffet and hutch that was marked down 50%.  Sweet!  We thought about it, measured and decided to have the saleswoman put it on hold for us until we could go home, measure and change vehicles.  (We had driven to Sears in the Honda).

Back at home we measured again the stairwell and had to put the dreams of the sectional to rest once and for all but now we had great hopes in this buffet for the dining room.  Let me tell you... we have been married 15 years and the entire time, my good china has been in the William Ashley boxes it arrived in and the crystal was all boxed and stored in the blanket box we've used as a coffee table.  The thought of a buffet and hutch more than delighted me... and half price to boot!

Satisfied that the buffet and hutch would fit in the dining room, we ventured back to Sears, this time in the Santa Fe.  Hubby helped the stockroom guy put the buffet in the back and we head for home.  I left hubby there and went back to the store (about a 5 minute drive) and picked up the hutch.  I was like a pig in poop last night organzing and filling my new dining room piece.  Wanna see?  This first picture was taken last night...

With the great price came a little downside... one of the bottom cupboards was missing a knob... so... today I went to Home Depot and found some new knobs to fix the problem... as well as to spruce it up.  Here's what it looks like today with the new knobs:

I found little wrought iron button knobs to tie in the new piece with the existing chandelier and wall sconces.  Yay!

Also, while I was out today, I stopped and picked up the coffee table hubby & I had been eyeing on Saturday at the very start of our journey.  It was a floor model and I was thrilled to find it still there when I arrived this morning.  The man at the store put it in my vehicle and then I courageously lugged it into the house myself.  I love pine!  So light and easy to manage on my own!

Here is the living room with the new table in place:

So, long story short... we went shopping for one thing and came home with something completely different... yet things that we needed probably more than the original item! Guess God knew what we truly "needed" more than what we simply wanted at this point.  The downstairs furniture is still on the list, but it feels great to finally have a home for my good china and crystal!