Have a seat!

Here are pictures of our new couch and recliner. We haven't gotten the accent chair and ottoman and with the craziness of the book fair, I haven't had a chance to call to arrange delivery which probably won't be until after the new year. Our friend Kristina, to whom we gave our old couch and love seat to, was so appreciative. She'd been to the house several times but as one is apt to do, hadn't paid much attention to the furniture even while sitting on it. So when we pulled up in the pickup last weekend to put everything in her storage room, she exclaimed "Oh, I like it!" She clarified that she didn't think I would have bad taste, just that she wasn't sure what she was getting. My friend Devlyn later told me that Kristina kept talking about how great the couch was and oh, they are from La-z-boy and wow, I'll be able to have them forever. She's 24 and very excitable.

Here's our new stuff that makes me excitable. Looking into the living room from the front door at the new couch.
Paul was sitting in the recliner the other night and he looked like such an adult. Probably a good thing since he's 35. Then again he wasn't reclining, he'd just stuck his feet up on the coffee table so he needs a little work on the grown-up part. (And I really should remember to clean up the stuff in the background of pictures. Eh, well. There's how we live, people.)
Looking into the living room from the dining room. The accent chair will probably go where the rocking chair is sitting.
Nothing new here. This picture was for Mom's benefit to show her where I hung my birthday present. But that wall really is E. I told Paul we should get an N, W, and S to go with it. On the wall in the hall is my photo project. I've gotten so far as to hang the frames--3 months ago but who's in a rush. My idea is to do some old pictures of our families, us as kids, and a few newer pictures. I want to copy them in B&W but Paul keeps insisting that now we have color and the pictures should be in color. So, I've gotten so far as to hang the frames.
And that's pretty much all there is to my living room. It's definitely got "cozy" down if by cozy one means "impossibly small." But it's home and I like it.