That’s A Wrap!

It’s taken a bit of doing, but I think we can finally call the main floor of our house done.

The bathroom was renovated a few years ago.

The dining room received a new table and chairs about the same time.

The kitchen was renovated just this past year.

There is new flooring in the kitchen, dining room, living room, and hallways.

And we finally have new furniture in the living room.

First, we had to wrestle the old love seat and couch onto the front porch for pick up by the charity we were donating them to:

They were calling for heavy rain that day. Although the sky looked pretty threatening, it never actually rained. We covered them with tarps at first, but after our new set arrived we used the plastic it was wrapped in so the charity didn’t take our tarps by mistake.

And you might take note of the blurriness of the photo. No, it wasn’t fog. It was so humid out that the lens of my camera fogged up. LOL

Once the old stuff was taken care of, we had room for the new couch:

And the new loveseat, flanked by our new recliners:

Now here’s the weird thing. One of the reasons we got new furniture is because the old stuff was too big for the amount of space we had. The new stuff measured smaller, but the couch seems to take up the same amount of space that the old one did. The love seat might be a fraction smaller, but not much.

With the old set it was tricky positioning my recliner so I could actually recline, and I couldn’t recline all the way. Now, even though it looks like a tighter fit, I have no problem rocking or reclining. So if they’re the same size, like I’m thinking they are, why does everything fit better?

I think it’s the shape of them. There was a lot of wasted space with the old set. Compare the old love seat to the new one:

Old love seat:

Note the curved arms that stick out over the ends. They take up space and give nothing in return. And the poofy cushions to rest your back on were another pet peeve. You had to keep readjusting them to find the sweet spot of comfort.

Now, compare it to the new one:

Note the difference in the arms – straight down, no wasted space. In fact, if you took out the cushions on either side, you probably have more seating space. The new love seat is also a little higher than the old one, which makes it more comfortable to sit on.

So there you have it. The main floor of our house is done. And come to think of it, so is the basement – new floor, new furniture. Now all that’s left is the upstairs.

But that will be a reno for another day. ;-)