Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Furniture conundrum

We're moving to Memphis in less than 10 days now. Philip is starting a new job with Raymond James on June 1! I am keeping my job; I am very fortunate that my firm has an office in Memphis and I have the flexibility to work from that office when I'm not traveling.


We sold our old bedroom set via Craigslist. It was hand-me-down furniture, and I'll admit, not very attractive. It was oak and very.... angular. I wasn't quite sure who would even want to buy it. Luckily a good ole' boy and his dad, wearing overalls, came and bought it from us. The deciding factor for them? It was "not gay" (imagine that said in a very slow drawl, "gay" being stretched out into two full syllables).


So now we're sleeping on a mattress on the floor. I'm trying to decide on what new bedroom set to buy once we move. I found one that I love because it has drawers under the bed which seems like a very efficient use of space. It's nice, right?





















At first I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I was bothered by something about the way it looked. Finally I figured it out. It reminds me of......