Spiffin up the old house

It will soon be 9 years since we moved to the farm and there've been a few things on my wish list. Finally got to cross two of them off. No, not the upstairs hallway. That may be on my list forever. Sigh. I had contacted a local couple and asked about the possiblity of having them find or make me an antique kitchen table. I gave them the dimensions and the husband said it would be easier to make me a table that size than to find one. Next, of course I needed chairs. Done! They look awesome - so much nicer than the formica topped table and vinyl chairs that had rusted legs and cracks in the vinyl with stuffing showing through. It pleases me greatly when I walk down the hallway to my kitchen and I'm greeted by wood. Real wood. And next comes my living room where my new couch sits. Ever shopped for a new couch?? It's time-consuming and even painful. I got John to come with me to a few places and when he pretended to be busy I talked Macy into it. Once. Then everyone left me and I was on my own. I knew what I wanted and knew what furniture company I wanted to stay AWAY from and finally found this in a catalog at our local funiture store. Ordered it, choose the fabric, and waited. I hadn't heard from them for about three weeks so I stopped in two Saturdays ago to ask about it and it had been delivered the day before! I fell in love with it and had the delivery guys come over and measure. The best part of living in an old house is narrow doorways. The addition John put on was no problem. Large doorways and hallways. Then we get to the kitchen. Uh oh. Smaller than average doorway into and out of the kitchen. This couch has hump on the back (like a camel) and even taking the legs off, it would get stuck. There is an outside door in the living room but again they are more narrow than average. The entry actually has two doors and they aren't lined up with each other. Bad deal. So John's idea of taking the living room window out was the best solution we could come up with. Out the window came, out with the old couch and in with the new one. I'm happy. It's beautiful.