It’s here, it’s really here.  Pottery Barn finally called last week and delivered our couch.  Although the color may be lack luster let me tell you that we tested many colors and fabrics before we settled on this one, and the Brushed Canvas in Walnut was a perfect camouflage for our two dogs massive amounts of fur they shed each day.   The dogs are not allowed on the furniture and we still find plenty of fur on the cushions.  It’s chaos I tell you.  The color of the couch is a nice neutral to our boldly green walls.  I think with a few colorful pillows added to the mix it will really look nice.

The picture below is before I ironed the slipcovers.  I have since ironed them and put them on properly and it looks even more wonderful.

Anywho….when Derek opened the door for the delivery guys to bring in our new family member he was met by a man standing with red roses in his hand.  Derek asked the guy if this was the most awkward part of each delivery.  The man answered YES.

The rose is part of what PB calls their White Glove Delivery.  Two delivery men come to your home with your new furniture with you guessed it, white gloves, and totally set up your new furniture.  This is accompanied by a hand written note from a PB employee (not really certain who) and a rose.  I think the rose is typically for the woman of the house, but occasionally they get awkward situations like the one today with Derek, when the lady of the house is not at home.

Did I mention that this has to be the most comfortable couch in the world?  Well, I meant to.  When you sit on this thing it’s like melting into a cloud.  Really!  You just m-e-l-t.  Derek and I honestly considered sleeping on the the couch together the 1st night.  This couch is deep enough for two adults to lay all the way across at the same time without the risk of one of them teetering on the edge and falling off.

Since we were having our hardwood floors refinished and purchased a new couch we decided it was a good time to say goodbye to our old 1/2 eaten couch and chair.   We decided to keep the love seat and move it upstairs to the office, but not before we swapped out the ripped cushions for the few remaining decent ones on the couch.  The couch, armchair, and ottoman got moved out to the curb for trash pickup.  Since these were so ratty and 1/2 eaten we figured not even the Goodwill would take these bad boys off our hands, so we then had the idea to try and re-purpose as many of the materials from the couch and armchair as possible.

Derek and our friend Jonathan love using the fire pit in the backyard and are always looking for a fresh source of wood to burn.  So the wood frame was intended to meet that demise, and I was planning on using the stuffing from the torn cushions to make throw pillow inserts for the new couch.  Well, it began to rain the day of, and the guys scrapped the idea of chopping up the frame of the couch for firewood.  I mean on a Saturday afternoon when they could be inside playing xbox and having a beer; who in their right mind would pick standing out in 40 degree weather, in the rain, and try to chop  a couch in half?  Well at least I got to steal some stuffing before the boys hauled our beloved, used, and abused couch and chair to the curb.  Goodbye Mr. Couch.  You were a good couch and you will be missed.  Thanks for all the years of giving us a place to sit, and for Derek and Cohen to nap.

Since we are still waiting for our NEW purdy couch to arrive we wanted something to sit on while we wait.  We decided to venture out the Pottery Barn Outlet to look for arm chairs.  Well as luck would have it they had nothing that we wanted in the seating department, but as we usually do we wandered over to the rug section to peruse the goods.  Look what we found!  We found this 5×8 wool rug for only $99.00.  SCORE!  I think this rug retails around $180-$200.

P.S. – We found out that our new couch won’t be in until around February 15th.  Ahhhhhhhh!