Furniture Shopping

We were really getting tired of setting on folding card table chairs. Those chairs may be comfortable for an evening of playing cards, but they don't work well for reading the newspaper, a magazine, or a book . . . or an evening of conversation while entertaining friends . . . let alone watching a TV show. Something had to be done!

So, it was not a case of deciding to go "Furniture Shopping", it was a matter of necessity! Our butts couldn't take much more of those hard card table folding chairs. We jumped in the Blazer and made a beeline for the Nebraska Furniture Mart, the furniture super-store in Kansas City, Kansas.


We wandered through acres of furniture led by our Salesperson, Janel Thiessen. I thought we would wear her out, or at least end up being her only sale for the entire day, but she was so gracious in tolerating our meticulous shopping pace. What else could she expect from a couple of old people both set in their ways . . . especially when one has years of home decorating experience. Janel, pictured here with Carole, was a sweetheart with the patience of a saint! And a great sense of humor.







With Janel's guidance, we were able to zero in on a living room grouping which Carole liked. A three cushion couch, a two cushion love seat, a chair, and a large ottoman. The covering is a green-brown cloth which looks and feels like suede leather.

Carole is pictured here relaxing comfortably in the chair and ottoman she selected . . . while Janel is in the background writing up the sale . . . finally . . . but we did complete the transaction early enough in the day to allow time for her to hopefully make another sale before she gets off work at 9:00 PM.




In addition to the living room grouping, we picked out a recliner for Dean in a burgundy color leather. Actually, the color is called "Merlot" by the Lane factory. Sounds like it should be perfect for sipping wine and spills will just blend in!

Then we splurged and bought Dean a new gun cabinet . . . not a gun safe, just a small nice looking locking wood cabinet with glass doors and a little storage area. The wood is very attractive . . . it looks like natural finished hickory.

With all of that furniture shopping . . . literally all afternoon . . . we had worked up quite an appetite. So we drove down the street and stopped at the Longhorn Steakhouse, for which we had some gift cards. We relaxed with a cocktail or two and a nice steak dinner while discussing how Carole would arrange our new furniture in the house. But the real challenge will come when she tries to squeeze all of this new furniture into a downsized place when we find one.

But we'll worry about that later as we have had enough "Furniture Shopping" for today and are already looking forward to home delivery next Tuesday so we can get rid of those hard folding card table chairs and treat our butts to some nice comfortable chairs.