Finally

Yeah so it is super late right now but while I have a second, I wanted to update you, all 1 or 2 of you who read this, that hubs and I bought 2 couches this weekend!! Not 1, but 2!!

We decided that we MUST buy a couch this past weekend. Time was running out on getting it made and we had seen ones we liked - we just needed to decide!

Recall: hubs likes leather, I don't.

So we took a drive up to Scarborough to the Chesterfield Shop to check out leather sofas. I figured I could humor him, right? We saw one, yep, just one in a shop FILLED with couches, that we liked. I wasn't so sure. Wasn't very comfy and the leather was kind of hard or something.

On the way home, I got dropped off at UpCountry because hubby had to go to a bbq and I had to head into work. Upcountry had some nice stuff, but particularly a leather sofa that I thought was pretty sleek and relatively comfortable. It was made by Lind, a Canadian company. UpCountry quoted me at 3500. Eek!

Compared to the same brand at the Bay on the way home from work. Bay cheaper, but not the same style.

Finally, on Sunday we went to a place called "Choice Leather" and had the BEST experience. The sales guy was the son of the owner and he was one hell of a sales person. My dad would have loved him. We found a couch (leather) for the family room, and ordered a microsuede couch for the living room! He seriously gave us the best price (almost beating the online stores from the states) and was not a leech like most other furniture stores (ahem...Leons/the Brick).

So here are the pics!

Here is the one for the family room - minus the chaise part. Just the sofa. We got it in a slightly upgraded leather in a putty colour. Not sure what that means, but not white, but not taupe. Still light though (my preference) but since it is leather, we can maintain it better.

And strangely enough, my personal fave! This is for the formal living room. I think it will fit the style really well - a good mix of victorian and modern in my eyes. We got it in this colour. Dangerous, but we have no pets/kids/strangers who stop by with ice cream/berries/bloody noses.

So that's it.

Oh wait - we ordered a new mattress too! Details later - but that is IT for the purchases pre-move in. :-)