Thought it may never happen

You may remember this post of yore.

 

That was back in March and at that point we had already been looking for the perfect coffee table for quite some time.  Now we're thisclose to August and we still have that old ugly coffee table in our living.  I'm serious, I'm ready to go Office Space on it...

 

You might remember from that post that we wanted a larger table (the space can handle it), darker wood and brushed nickel handles (to match the entertainment center), at least one drawer, no glass, and something on the taller side.

 

Also, word to the wise, if you're looking for a coffee table online, expand your search to cocktail tables, everything that interested us even just a wee bit is actually a cocktail table not a coffee table.

 

After looking at a bunch of different tables and numerous bricks and/or clicks stores we were having a hard time beleiving anything existed that we wanted!  In our many trips we decided we didn't want want of those tables that expand or move up.  We figure the more moving parts the more likely for things to break.  We also decided we didn't want anything with a soft top, like a giant ottoman or whatever.

 

Well, we finally found something!  It's so totally exciting.  It's a table that I actually saw a couple of months ago, but Chad and I never made it back to look at it (since it's a decsion we want to make together).  We pulled over our sales person and said we were interested in the coffee table.

 

He went back to his little computer and found out any details we might need.  He came back and told us he had some good news and some bad news.  The good news was he was able to get us a lower price.  Wow, that's great news, we were perfectly happy paying the listed price, $20-30 off is wonderful news.  So what's the bad news buddy?  Well... they don't currently have any in stock, but have two coming in the first week in August - one is already spoken for but the other could be ours.

 

So I pulled out my calendar and realized the first week in August is next week... next week!  That's not bad news at all!!  We waited like 5 months for our couch, one week is NOTHING... especially when you consider we've been looking for this dang coffee table forever!

 

So want to see what we decided on??

 

THIS one

 

I might be able to get the picture to insert later...

 

The picture makes the wood look a bit lighter than we want, however we saw it in real life and it's the color we want.  We love the shelf under the table top, I think it will be a perfect place to put our laptops and the four drawers are awesome.  This table isn't the one we dreamed about, however it's ends up being exactly what we want.

 

The next thing we'll need for that room is end tables.  The thing about our room is the end tables will have to be skinny since there's not much space on the sides of the couch.  Something else I learned... I might not want to look for end tables at all, but instead look for chairside or recliner tables.  They are smaller and would probably work better in our room.  Sometimes the hardest part is to figure out the name of what you're looking for.  So instead of looking for skinny end table I want to look for chairside tables.  Ah-ha... who knew they even existed. 

 

I'll be back to who you how it looks when it's in place.  And in case you're wondering we won't be having a bonfire with the old table... it will be going in our basement - probably the cat's food and water table.