we got a new couch!

last week we bought the first big piece of furniture we've owned as a married couple. we were beyond blessed to receive the majority of our (wicked nice!) furniture from friends & family. our basement has been looking a little sad, however, and we'd discussed the idea of putting a couch down there.

i've been obsessed with gray lately & found a sweet gray couch on overstock.com. we ordered it. it came in 2 huge boxes. i struggled miserably to put it together (alone) on friday while joel was outside. then i broke down & asked for help. amazingly, it was all put together and looking awesome just 20 minutes after i enlisted his assistance. haha. of course.

anyway, here's the couch in all it's glory:

that HUGE bookshelf was here when we moved in! i guess it was too cumbersome to move & we're sure glad they left it.

the next step in basement redecoration is to donate that big coffee table to the thrift store (or a worthy home) & replace it with a small side table & a (maybe mustard yellow?!) lamp. plus we need a little garbage can and a few more things on the wall behind the couch. ["free beer tomorrow" & joel's freshman track team picture aren't quite enough somehow...]