prairie point

furniture-moving fever

The current topic at Ecotone is one of my favorites. I wish I had the energy to write something on it, but there is just so much to do. I worked late at the office today and tomorrow we are going to the State Fair. Maybe later.

Tricia was off work yesterday and she was busy rearranging more furniture. It all started when she got the twelve-foot-long quilting machine a few weeks ago. To fit that into her sewing room required juggling most of the furniture already there. That's how she caught the furniture-moving fever.

Monday she hit the living room and dining room. Our dining room was really a waste of space. I can't remember the last time we sat at that table for a meal. We usually eat at the smaller table off the kitchen, even when when we have company. It's more cheerful because it catches the sun both in the morning and evening through big windows. So she just moved the big dining table in there. Without the leaves in, it doesn't take any more space than the dinette set and even with all the leaves in it still fits.

She has made the formal dining room into a TV room. It's just the right size for that. When we had the TV in the living room, it was hard to find a good viewing spot. The old house had been built before there was such a thing as a TV. The focus in the living room was on the hearth. Anywhere we put the TV we were always looking at an angle. All the way around this is a more practical arrangement. The only thing it does not accomodate is a big dinner party, and we don't have many of those.

The big stuff is moved but there is still all the pictures and other odds and ends that will need to be adjusted to make everything just so. Meanwhile my little "office" - the smallest room in the house - has become the repository for everything that does not have an obvious place. I will have to find a place for those things or keep stepping over or around them to get to my desk.

Posted by Bill Hopkins on October 14, 2003 10:12 PM