New Furntiture

So, to further prove that we have a couple screws loose, we decided that a few days prior to the birth of our first child that we shall purchase new furniture. I'm not sure we're all that "normal". Isn't it when you start having kids that you start looking for the stuff to allow them to destroy without having too much to yell and scream about when they damage it? Oh well, we needed new living room furniture no matter how you look at it.

The furniture we currently have more that amply stood up to the task for the 4 or 5 years that we've had it. However, with the recliner kicking the bucket and the spring in the love seat breaking and touching the floor, it is time for us to purchase a replacement.

For the past few months, 8 or 9 to be exact, we've been keeping an open mind about the pending need to have new furniture. We've looked at a couple stores and had yet to be successful in finding something to fit the list of demands we were placing upon this purchase. We would find the color and price but not the desired comfort. We would find the desired comfort but not color or design. Or some other combination of issues. However, during our research collection, we had yet to find something which called both of our names at the same time.

So, what spurred this little investigation into a furniture purchase? Well, it happened to be a television commercial advertising that RoomsToGo was having a sale, "Buy the room, get a TV". Well, this was particularly interesting seeing that we were in the market for both a TV and living room furniture. This offer sounded interesting and worth inspection. We have discovered that the offer is made in conjunction with BrandsMart and that we would receive a gift card to use toward the purchase of a television. The amount made available via the card would commiserate with that of a specific TV of size and model. This specific make/model is not a requirement. Therefore, I conducted some more research into the pricing which was being touted around this offer. With the Ultimate Room Packages seemed to have a trend. Purchase the big ticket furniture and TV and receive the other items for free. Well, we were not exactly expecting to purchase an entire room, but were not adverse to the idea either.

Well, I'm lazy and don't want to go to the store without looking at pictures of the offers which they have to offer. In taking a digital look at what they were offering, I found one set which I found interesting and one which had potential. Angel didn't much like the one I found promising and agreed that the interesting one was certainly worth a look. But with that, we were on our way to the store.

Before continuing the story, I would like to illustrate the collections we were interested in reviewing first hand.

Interesting Set:


Had Potential:


Neither of the images of the sets are indicative of the anything other than the seating furniture. The other items in the picture are not a representation of the additional offerings. I would give you a link the exactly location within the roomstogo website, but I don't expect that the link will continue to work after the sale AND it wouldn't work the first time you visit the link anyway. Every link to their site redirects you to a "Enter Your Zipcode" AJAX prompt and then sends you to a full listing of available packages. Therefore, after entering your zipcode, you'd have to re-click the link to see what I was attempting to link to. Therefore, if you are interested in seeing anything which I don't post, please feel free to search the roomstogo website for yourself.

So, the interesting set was listed as a faux leather/microfiber seating material as opposed to the top grain leather of the had potential set. It wasn't until we set eyes on the two did we realize that faux leather/microfiber is a fancy way to say artificial suede. Suede? Now, I don't know the first thing about caring for suede. That was strike one. The other issue is that it was hot. After sitting on the furniture for a while, I started to realize how warm the material was getting because of our body heat. This was strike two. Strike 3 was the console that they were touting with the set. It was nothing like that which we would want in our house. However, if we wanted to push that subject, we could have swapped that piece out. Although, that wasn't a something I was interesting in pushing.

So, while in the showroom, we found a furniture set which we both fell severely in love with, but were not exactly interested in paying for. The complete set was real close to $4k for just the seating areas. Don't get me wrong, it was a top notch set, with extremely durable leather and yet it was comfortable, it wasn't the "right" one. Just as we were about to set off searching the showroom floor on our own again, the first contact with an employee was made. He asked us if we needed any help. Poor guy, he was in the middle of helping another customer and began to split his time with us and them. As it would turn out, it was a good thing because he was able to get both of us to buy. Anyway, we were interested in a few details about how the sale is supposed to work and where we could find the has potential set which we were unable to yet locate.

At this point, Angel was still skeptical about this furniture set. I was asking about it so we could review the tables which were being offered with it. Well, as it would turn out, as soon as Angel sat down, it was bliss. Once I sat down, it was confirmed. This will be the one for us. She had to talk me in to completing the purchase yesterday because my intentions were solely to look. But she won the argument with the fact that this wasn't the first place we've looked and it was the first time we were in complete agreement about our satisfaction with the option. It also didn't hurt that our existing furniture is on its last leg, as previously mentioned, and the sale was pretty awesome too.

Once we picked the furniture, it was time to review the options included in the package. The following images will illustrate what pieces we intended to be packaged with the set.















Well, the console and lamps just had to go. We liked the tables, even with their wood. Yet, they have brushed metal accent which certainly didn't hurt our opinion. The color options didn't line up with what we wanted since black wasn't an option. So, we went with a burgundy (which isn't illustrated) which was dark and more "interesting" than the brown which they offered. Therefore, to complete the package we had to address the console and lamps. The replacement console and lamps we chose are also here for you to see.








So, we walked out of there dropping a grand total of $3500 for the entire set and we're pending delivery on 2/9. We're so looking forward to it.

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