So fa, so good.

Because we have a bonus room in the new pad (woo hoo! a place to stash toys!), we'll be getting new furniture for the great room downstairs. For the longest time, I thought I wanted something like this...


This is the Carlisle sofa from Pottery Barn and I like the English arm and the two cushion set up. After the big, unstructured sofa that we've had for the past 7 years this seemed like a great option because it provided the slightly more formal look I was going for but kept it easy and breezy with a slip-cover (although I wasn't sure I wanted to deal with a covered coucheroo). However, the $1600+ price tag didn't make me too excited and I haven't ever gotten to actually sit on it. No PB seems to carry it in their small store and I only buy if I can test drive, er, sit(boo).

Then I saw this curvaceous creature...

The Jefferson by Bassett came out of nowhere. A worthy contender with beautiful little legs and a gorgeous (hopefully, dirt forgiving) linen-esque fabric (J called it nice looking burlap, but what does he know?). The price was also appealing at a mere $999 at the BX with NO TAX!!! However, I felt like the camelback style was a little too formal for our family. Hmmm. Decisions, decisions.

Then, we went to the LaZ Boy store. Not necessarily known for its sofas but my mom got her couch and loveseat there so I knew it was a good place to check out. Plus, you can match any style with any of their custom fabrics which might be a little more expensive but would give us a better range of options. Right when we walked in, I saw her. The Laurel. Two cushion design, button tufting detail, and, best of all, she's RED. But J nixed red sofas back in '03 when we bought our first furniture so I just mentioned that I liked the design. He agreed and after wondering around the store for 20 minutes or so we agreed that it was our favorite. Yes! We agreed on something!!! I ask the sales clerk what other stock colors it came in and Josh interrupted with "What? Don't you like the red? I think it looks good."

EEEEEERRRRRRK! (That's the sound of me slamming on my mental breaks.) We both like the red?!? Because I couldn't believe it, I almost talked myself out of the bold choice but in the end, we've decided to go with it. I get the WORST buyers remorse so I did sleep on it. The awesome part about me waiting a day to purchase was that we got $100 off if we brought in a bag of groceries for a food drive (which we still need to drop off, oops). Score one for not rushing into a big purchase and saving some moolah! So without further ado, here is our new sofa.

Can you believe I went from a breezy white slipcovered look to a stiff and formal "burlap" camelback to a retro-esque RED! I can't really either. We'll see about that buyers remorse when it all gets delivered on Wednesday. Just kidding. Maybe. No, I love it. I think.