More before and after photos. The top two photos show a little of the former configuration of the front room of the house. In the picture to the right you can see the window that was for the receptionist in the doctor's office that at one time had been run out of this house. When we purchased the house, the front room, what was probably once the parlor, was split up into three separate rooms; a reception area on the east, a receptionist's office in the center and another office on the west. We've had the two walls taken down to reassemble the room into one, additionally we've had an opening cut into what was the westernmost wall so it now opens into the foyer.Then there's the furniture. Nice stuff huh? Well, after all the hoops and time it took us to get it, it should be nice. After ordering it from a major national retailer on 1/31, we finally got all the pieces just two weeks ago. For the first delivery, the sofa and loveseat were sent to parts unknown and never heard from again. When the shipping company calls and asks for a description of your lost furniture so they can put out an APB, don't hold out hope that they'll ever find it. The second delivery was plagued by some kind of pallet collapse accident en route which resulted in a sofa with a small tear in the upholstery and a loveseat with a broken support. Despite all the adversity, we finally got the stuff and really like it. In an interesting twist of fate it matches very well with our previously chosen draperies and our rugs scored on clearance long before the furniture entered the picture. All in all we're pretty happy with it all. We're hoping to put some Danish oil on the cherry that frames the wide foyer opening which should darken it up a little and highlight the beautiful wood.
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Beautiful sofa and chair - we bought a similar styled couch (it was our first and only new furniture purchase, big deal at the time!) a few years ago. I love that type of fabric. Unfortunately the dogs love scratching at it, so it looks more "shabby chic" than elegant these days. ;)
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