carter has (some) furniture! now he just needs a crib! :)

a few weeks ago, kenny and i were among a group at chenelle's place having cake from chocolate pi and celebrating her birthday. while at chenelle's, i showed kenny the pieces that her and karl got from treehouse gallery (an awesome furniture store in st.pete). kenny liked their pieces so this past saturday, he went with me to treehouse to take advantage of their 20% off sale for the holidays! (kenny's informed me of the ridiculous markup on furniture already, but if there's a "sale", im there, even if they're still making a crapload of money off my purchases!)

i don't know why i'm always shocked after i go shopping with kenny, but i always am. my head winds up spinning for hours after we go shopping like that! i mean, i'm the kind of person who goes eye shopping first. then if i find something i like, i take a photo of it. then, after a few hours, i go home and look at the photo. do i still like it? then a few weeks later, if im still thinking about the item, i'll go back and look at the item again. if i still like it, then i'll have kenny go with me and see the item. and then, 9 times out of 10, he'll buy the item even if it's the first time he's seen the piece in real life!

i was under the impression that we would be "just browsing" at treehouse and then come home and envision the future location of any pieces we thought would go well in carter's room. yeah, no, that's not what happened. we wound up purchasing a dresser, a bookshelf, a coat rack, and two nightstands! essentially, all the pieces that carter will ever need in his room (with the exception of the headboard that we might go back and purchase in a few years when carter's ready for a "big boy bed").

i think my head spins from the surprise of actually getting something the first time we go look together, especially considering all of the eye shopping that i'd done prior to going to treehouse with kenny. all the baby furniture stores in tampa, orlando, and atlanta; all the chain kids furniture stores in tampa and atlanta; all the internet searches; a trip to treehouse on my own. i've seen a lot of stuff and we knew the pieces from treehouse were EXACTLY what we were looking for for carter's cowboy room!

enough of my blubbering, here are the bookshelf and coat rack. all of the other pieces are still at treehouse, waiting for us to come retrieve them after we prime the walls, and paint the walls, and get the carpets cleaned! they said they'd hold them however long we need them to. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll be in their permanent home before january is up!

the coat rack

the bookshelf