Furniture Shopping

Every time Blake and I go furniture shopping, I am reminded of the importance of compromising in a relationship.  I know that some men don't have strong opinions about furniture, paint colors, china patterns, etc.  That is not Blake.  He has a strong opinion about pretty much everything.  Sometimes I love that he has an opinion about things, other times, not so much.  Today was one of those days.  His parents are up for the weekend so this morning, Blake, his mom and I went shopping for living room furniture.  We think we picked out the couch but haven't ordered it yet.  Actually, Blake wants to call other stores to see if they have it for cheaper. 

We didn't have too hard of a time narrowing down couches but we did have a hard time picking out a chair.  We have a rather large living room, so we will have a couch, love seat and two chairs in it.  Eventually, we will have a bookshelf as well but that will be a later purchase.  We have a black leather chair that will go up in the living room so we're in need of one other chair.  His mom and I both like smaller, swivel chairs.  Blake wasn't a big fan.  Here are two examples.  Please note I do not like the fabric on either of these...

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I really liked how they were smaller, round and you could rock and swivel!  I didn't like the fabric choices so I will be keeping my eye out for similar chairs. 

Here's the couch that we're leaning towards.  We're going to do a deep red.  And, it will be a love seat and a couch.  We'll have them in an "L" shape.  The chairs will be across from the couch. 

Hopefully, we will order them by tomorrow night when the sale ends!  Blake's off tomorrow for Columbus day but it's Open House for me tomorrow which means families can come in and observe.  I'm jealous of his three-day weekend!