Furniture

In January we ordered about half a houseful of furniture. I researched online and found designs we liked, combined them to make the perfect furniture designed specifically for our needs and tastes and ordered them to be made by the man we have used in the past. It was supposed to be nearly finished, ready to be viewed at the factory, on March 10 and delivered to us on March 30.

Surprise! It was not ready when we called a few days after the 10th. He said to call back in a week. So, this week we called back and made arrangements to go see the progress. The bunk beds, boys' dressers, our dressers, and bedside tables were there for us to see. They look pretty good.

You can see the bunk beds are made with shelves inside so the kids can put their books in them, rather than put them on the foots of their beds like they do now. Also, the dressers are as tall as the bunk beds so the boy on top can use the top of the dresser as a shelf. You can see a picture of the dressers, the tallest ones are the boys' dressers. I designed them so the bottom drawers are smaller and will hold socks and underwear. The highest drawers can hold out of season clothing since they won't be able to reach them. All of the furniture will be stained to match what we have back in Virginia.

We were able to see the 2 bunk beds, the 4 boys' dressers, our 2 tall dressers, 1 long dresser and armoire, book shelves, and bedside tables. He has yet to start our king sized bed and coffee table and we still plan to order a study desk and hutch for the kitchen. We are having a hutch for shoes, hats, gloves, scarves and coats made at a different place. The guy making our big order says it will be ready April 15.

We'll see...