New coffee table. The ottoman with the silver tray is discarded to my office- upstairs - mismatched, yet obsolete in the living room now.
A new coffee table with 12 drawers! GreyWashFinish perfect for cocktails & coffee cups; napkins & knick knacks stored in the drawers; cards and jigsaws; coasters and candles.
But the ottoman? Mismatched and expensive, meant for the sectional, is now in my office. Upstairs. The silver tray still wondering what the hell happened to its life's purpose.
by Tori
We don't need a table Mum But I want to buy you one But we don't need it - The ottoman is fine... But I want to buy you one (Can you just give us the cash - like the tartan pot that we didn't want or need!) Ok, sigh, well does that mean you guys want a table? Well it would be handy for drinks etc But you can't bring drinks into the living room near the sofa (Vik's rules) Suddenly we are stuffed in the mini van with the over active door beeper Doing returns and apparently looking at coffee tables on my day off.. Living Spaces Starbucks coffee urn in the back of the store (not lattes or anything fancy) Exhausted we plod through acres of meh furniture... Dad looking for discounts Ib with her credit card at the ready Nothing tickles my fancy in the sea of meh except one expensive one And the round gold one Vik picked which was 'not appropriate' according to everyone except us! The college students have plenty to say as they imagine their own homes compete with imaginary perfect bearded husbands with chubby baby on hip Geoff still shuffling around the back of the store with the ghastly lazy boys and accompanying magic tables that pop up so you don't have to - imagine - lean forward to pick up your drink... Terrible We settle on the expensive one with Geoff twitching slightly Well it is our home too Yes it is, that's right And now you have your table... For your decaf coffee and "History of World Battles" book Ottoman now relegated upstairs It doesn't fit up there Added to the graveyard of the mismatched... Aka Vik's office Ugh We don't need a coffee table But we want to buy you one... Ok you win They usually do...we have been put in our place. The inner child in me - ever present when they are around - bows and starts to imagine all the things we can store in the many different drawers.