We got the furniture at Thomasville; the one located at Arrowhead.
"Follow me, I'll show you something neat to jump on, places to stuff animals in, and some really neat things that light up... it's amazing! But first let's take a look at how it all came about..."
The Thomasville truck has arrived... Yippee!
These guys worked hard! They not only brought the new furniture upstairs to the master bedroom, they also took what was in the room that had to be moved to make room for the new furniture, down to the garage for us. We did give them a little extra money for doing that.
Here is a before pic of the master bedroom before the furniture arrived.
Here is another before pic from a different angle.
The new dresser will be going in the 'niche' the entertainment center and TV are in.
Here are the guys putting the drawers in the dresser while Michael vaccums the floor, which hasn't been vacuumed since we moved in due to the entertainment center being there all that time. I, of course, am behind the camera, which was my job for the day, so I got out of the vacuuming. ha
I had to hold Caitie while the vacuum cleaner was going; she still has a dislike to the loud noise the vacuum cleaner makes. As you can see, I kept taking pics. This was a tricky one; I wanted Caitie in the pic, plus get what was going on in the background, which isn't as easy as it sounds if you're looking to get a level and focused pic, which I was. I didn't get much of what was going on in the background, but I did get a cute pic of Caitie, don't you think? That always makes for a good pic.
Like the new dresser?
Here is the new headboard, the bottom part of the armoire, and one of the two night stands. You can see a part of the other night stand there on the left.
All done! Ain't it purty? Don't ask me what Caitie is doin'... I think she was bouncing on the mattress and decided to start belly floppin', or somethin'. Maybe she was doing the 'got new furniture, and I'm so excited' dance.
Taking it all in while relaxing on the mattress.
Here is what the inside of the armoire looks like. We're using it to put bedding in, and clothes, etc. You can put a TV in the top portion of the armoire, but there's no need for that, our TV will be going on top of the dresser.
There's the TV on top of the dresser.
Another view of how the new furniture looks in the room.
A view at a different angle.
Here's a better pic of the dresser with the TV on top.
Here's another pic of the room; this was a few nights after the furniture was delivered. This is after we got back from Fry's grocery store with some new lamps. Yes, we got lamps at a grocery store. I'm so glad we found these, I think they go really well with the furniture. As you can see, I hadn't put the new bedding on yet, it was still airing out. If you've been to Bed, Bath and Beyond, you know how strong that store smells; there are lots, and I mean LOTS of scented candles, and other things that have a strong smell, a pleasant smell, but way too strong, in my opinion, so I had to air some of the stuff out before placing them on the bed. The comforter and pillow shams can only be dry cleaned, so I just aired them out, the sheets and pillow cases I washed before putting them on the bed. This is why you see only sheets and pillows on the bed. It was a couple of days before the comforter and fancy pillows were added.
I love this lamp. I'm so excited to have a lamp next to my side of the bed. I've been wanting this for a long, long, very long time. I love to read in bed, and it's so nice to have a lamp to read by instead of using the ceiling fan light, which would disturb Michael and Caitie at night at times, so I didn't get to read much. I also like how the lamps give the room a nice, soft look and feel to the room. Ahhhhhh... :)
Here is the new bedding; we got it on sale at Bed, Bath and Beyond.
I took these pics a few days later, after the comforter, etc., had aired out. Caitie likes the new look, and so do I.
I still have the tags on the new furniture. ha I love that 'new' feel.
I decided it was time to take the tags off, and then took another pic. As I'm sure you can see in the pic above, and the pic below, there's a wire going across the floor... Michael said he would work on getting it moved, but we'll have to live with it for a while; it's been there a long time, but it really stands out now since we have new furniture and the room looks nicer.
Here's a view from a different angle.
The dresser and two night stands have marble tops; here's what the marble tops look like. I'm glad we went with the marble instead of a wood surface, it gives the room a more elegant and classy look, in my opinion.
On the same day we got the new furniture, our old toaster went out. We got a new toaster at Lowe's last summer, but wasn't planning on putting it out until we change our appliances to stainless steel, but since our beloved white toaster went up in flames... which it actually almost did... we had to get the new one out. This isn't as dramatic of a change as the master bedroom, but I thought it was worth mentioning. ha We had that white toaster since we were first married... it had served its purpose, and did it well, most of the time. I'm keeping it. Michael thinks I'm crazy, but hey, a woman should be sentimental about such things, right? RIGHT?!?
