Alex and I decided to make an impromptu trip to the Restoration Hardware outlet last night. They just received a big shipment, so we were looking forward to checking out some chairs and a coffee table to finally finish furnishing the sitting room.
Now, before I go on, there is something you must know. We spent a good portion of the evening before leaving for RH taping out the dimensions of the pieces we were hoping to buy. We decided that only the smaller sized chairs would fit in the space available.
But upon our arrival, just as an identical one was being carted away, Alex spotted a Lancaster sofa with two right back cushions and a missing leg. He inspected it thoughtfully and it otherwise appeared to be in perfect condition (well, relatively speaking since the distressed look is intentional; and fortunately ours isn't as distressed as some). Then he carefully examined the price. He had to -- it seemed too good to be true. So we bought the couch anxiously before someone might realize an error had been made. (This makes it almost as good a deal as we found here and a much better deal than during our Black Friday shopping spree here.)
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| 96" Lancaster Leather Sofa in Brompton Cocoa, Luxe Depth |
So, if we were planning on purchasing a pair of small chairs, how, might you ask, will this poor crazy over-sized sofa fit in that space? That was a question we were willing to ignore... until we got home. We taped out several alternate arrangements and no matter how we sliced it, the entry into that space would be less than two feet. Not acceptable, no matter what kind of deal we got on the couch.
Then I had a marvelous revelation. Why don't we just pull the existing sofa out from the wall and use it to divide the two rooms? That would leave us with two parallel sofas. Of course we'd need to remove a leaf to condense the dining table and rotate it under the chandelier as well as move the china hutch to another wall. But this also creates the separation between the two areas I'd been struggling with for ages.
I'm excited to share the new arrangement, just as soon as I tidy things up a bit...
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