Momma needs a brand new bed set...

Furniture. I am definitely not happy with a few pieces we have adorning our home, but the drive to replace it, or the need to get new goods vs. where you find that need on the financial totem pole really leaves me without ideas. I was born without any sort of interior-decorating gene. Sadly, I can't even pick out paint colors without consulting with my friends who have an "eye" for it. What I do know is that we have a couple of additional rooms in our new home that we will need to furnish, and a few rugs that need to be replaced due to years of wear [stains] and tear...that, and I absolutely abhor the colors.

B and I set out this past week to Jordan's Furniture. We avoided the crowds by going on a weekday, also allowing for CR to run free through the store if he so desired...however, since Baby C was in a stroller, CR wanted to be pushed around as well. His vehicle of choice? A taxi, of course.

B and I wanted to be efficient as possible, while checking out all categories where we have furniture deficiencies in...

Items of interest:

Patio furniture - the set we have is mildewed, weathered, and physically heavy...

Kitchen Table with seating for at least 6 and a server - our current table seats 4

Couch/loveseat/oversized chair - we are going to put our current leather couches in the sun room, leaving the new living room seatless

Area rugs - one for under the kitchen table, one for the living room, and one for CR's and our bedroom

NEW BEDROOM SET FOR US...ours is totally functional, and we don't necessarily need a replacement set, but in my mind, our current mismatched dressers, bedside tables, desk lamps (yes, desk lamps serving as bedside lamps), and god-awful sleigh-bed frame is, well, embarrassing...I've put in 9 years with the hot mess assortment, and it's time for Momma to get an upgrade from college day "design" to "hello, adulthood."

We strolled through the staged set-ups, room by room. CR and B paused in the center of the "house" where there was a Mardi Gras show going on...a freaky, enormous clown glided over the floor below...

We found a possible rug for CR's room.

(image from here)

His existing throw will be passed along to Baby C - she is barely four and a half weeks old and beyond clothing, she is already inheriting her brother's wares.

Beyond that, we haven't decided on anything yet. The patio furniture in my mind should be made of iron, not wood. It's more element-friendly, lighter, and looks a lot less bulky. As for the rugs, kitchen table, and server? Mimi, I may toss this one your way. In all nine redecorating efforts on Sulgrave (huge props to you, by the way), you are a better source of decorating information than I...