Finally, new furniture ...

So, I felt like I needed to explain myself every time we had someone new over that came to sit on our old couches, "they can't be cleaned with water because it takes the color off, and on some spots I'd rather have the color off, but they don't clean AT ALL!" I felt afraid that I'd see someone stand up after sitting on them with the spots actaully transferring to their behinds from the furniture. Anyway, with some of the drama we've had with our house, one of the issues was soiled carpet from the previous occupant of the home's dog. We had the whole upstairs recarpeted, but the carpet choice the owner's of the home made was very disappointing, and looked especially worse with the furniture we had. It was like the neutral walls, floor boards, tile, and furniture were too many neutrals and didn't all jive. Long story short ... we finally invested in some nicer furniture that should wear well with little ones living with it. It makes a huge difference in how the carpet looks, and of course, if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!