I want new furniture

We have five cats. That’s right, five. A ridiculous number. And as you might imagine, they do a ridiculous amount of damage to our furniture. So some friends of ours are getting a new leather sofa this week, and I’m terribly jealous. Our couch, which is wearing it’s fourth couch cover in four years, is sadly damaged. Wood is showing through, stuffing is falling out, fabric is totally gone in some places.

But what’s the point of replacing it? Unless we found something with wooden or metal sides, there’s just no point in getting living room furniture only to have it ruined. In fact, my husband mentioned getting that infernal couch reupholstered this weekend, and again, I can’t imagine paying someone to cover the stuffing and wood, only for those crazy cats to expose it again.

If I could, I’d buy new living room, bedroom and dining room furniture. The only room I like is my son’s - and that’s because my parents bought him the most beautiful crib when he was born.

In the comments, my friend Lin mentioned having her furniture the length of her marriage. We actually never purchased any new furniture except our mattresses. In order to stay married, we had to upgrade from a queen to a king. But we’ve still got my two dressers from college that have been repainted at least twice, and which have never matched each other. It’s all very tacky.

So here’s my dream furniture in photos (after the jump): more »