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I Should Have Known My Marriage Was Over When We Bought a Loveseat
Is a furniture purchase ever just a furniture purchase?
I just moved back to the United States at the end of the summer. That means new adventures and much excitement around finding a place of my own here. It also means after 6 years of traveling and not owning much more than two suitcases full of stuff, completely furnishing a 1,400 sq. ft apartment in a 300-year-old building. Mega high ceilings, hardwood floors, gorgeous period windows, and two fireplaces have my creative juices flowing!! So, to deal with all that extra creative energy, my BFF (with whom I am currently living, is my soul-mate and partner in crime, not to mention life partner) and I went furniture shopping. Now, if you’ve never been furniture shopping in the USA it is something to behold. I never knew until I traveled around the world that our “furniture warehouses” are a “thing” and very North American. It’s a phenomenon I haven’t seen anywhere else.
This past weekend, I experienced an overwhelming reintroduction to the world of furniture shopping — USA Style. Good lord, did we have a lot of fun! The first bit I just wandered around, mouth open, shocked at the abundance. But then we settled in and started ticking things off the list of items need for this new apartment of mine (AKA EVERYTHING!) It was…
