It's only somewhat silly...

...to post pictures of rooms whose furniture contents are completely different from what I have purchased. But I kind of like this room, and it's a neat idea to keep the sofa in front of bookcases.

Well, I feel like kind of an idiot.

Two days ago, I openly proclaimed which specific desk I was getting, narrowed down to two colors. And I wasn't screwing around or anything. Like, I really believed and intended to buy that desk. But of course - the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/Gang aft agley...

While wandering around Crate and Barrel testing sofas, I spotted this big honking desk hidden by a pillar and the sales associate station. It was a floor model of this discontinued desk that was on sale. I've always tended wildly towards unorganization and sprawl, so the giant size (I didn't write down the dimensions since I assumed they could be found online. Wrong!!) and the built-in storage are great for me.

Also, deals are awesome. It's probably entirely nonsensical, but I believe furniture that retails for significantly more is necessarily superior to furniture that retails for less, and this, I am more willing to spend for furniture whose MSRP is higher. Also, HOW VERY DON DRAPER. I have nothing more to say.

Crate and Barrel Preston Desk
$449, marked down from $999

The cherry finish is actually this lovely, rich, medium brown, and so I'm hoping that it matches the walnut finish on my Expedit coffee table. Not gonna lie, there's a couple scratches in the finish (since it's a floor model), but I don't really care. Given something that comes pre-crapped, I feel that much less remorse for the inevitable spills.

So awesome, I have a sofa and a desk to add to the acquired category. Now all I need are two barstools, several lamps, and food receptacles.

Crate and Barrel Sofa reviews

I was pretty sure I was going to purchase the Room and Board Andre sofa, and this afternoon I was going to walk over to sit on it one last time before pulling the trigger. Unfortunately, the Room and Board store had flooded in Friday's torrential rains, so I went to the Crate & Barrel instead, to check out the Petrie sofa.

As it turns out, the Petrie sofa kind of sucks massively. Like, the cushions are pretty squishy and understuffed (in my opinion), so once you've sat down, you sink into the sofa a lot, and there's pretty much no back support.

Don't buy me, I'm squishy and uncomfortable!

I also checked out the Vaughn sofa, and it wasn't that much better. The fabric is this absolutely wonderful shade of gray, but the cushions are similarly understuffed, and the depth of the seat is such that the length of my legs make it impossible for me to comfortably sit on the Vaughn.

The Hennessy sofa is kind of nice in that it is squishy without giving up back support, but the colors that it's offered in are quite nasty. They look ok online, but in person, they're really quite terribly.


The Cameron sofa was quite firm, which was nice, but unfortunately, the depth of the seat was too large, and it was impossible for me to simultaneously lean against the back and bend my knees. Legs - useful for walking and filtering sofa choices.


And this is the sofa I got. The Crate and Barrel Camden Sofa, in Azure. It's incredibly firm, with a seat that's not too deep, and the blue color is really pretty in real life. I bought the 69 inch one instead of the 80 inch one, since my studio is itty-bitty. Also, this sofa can comfortably fit 3.

I'm a bit worried about the legs, since they don't screw off like many of the other C&B sofas, and I read somewhere that the legs sometimes make it impossible for the sofa to fit into the elevator or through your apartment door. We shall see.

Also, the legs are this kind of really dark brown/black, and I don't think it'll match anything else in the apartment. Oh well. We're talking about four bits of colored wood underneath the sofa. What are the chances that anyone will notice??

Most of my furniture shopping is done.

Fred drove me to the Bolingbrook IKEA last weekend, and I wandered around throwing crap in a cart. I have purchased a coffee table, two bookshelves, a Poang chair, two wine racks, a shoe rack, a stepstool, 3 trash cans, a sheepskin rug, a giant swedish alphabet print, two dozen clotheshangers, and various organizing boxes. From Macy's I bought my mattress, box spring, and bed frame.

All I lack now is a couch, two barstools, lots of lighting, a file cabinet or two, possibly a TV, and definitely a desk.

This is the desk I want. I was sure to check the dimensions of awesome looking (but very expensive desks) at Room and Board, and this is definitely big enough.

Just look at that awesome. I also really want the mini-desk or the end table.

Can't really decide between black and white, though I think white is currently winning.

Shia LaBeouf ruins everything.

Think about it. Transformers. Indiana Jones. Wall Street. For every media franchise I have ever loved, Shia has acted shittily in at least one movie.

Transformers 3 has been filming in Chicago for about the last week, and they've shut down several of the main roads. There are huge piles of fake rubble (destroyed buildings, overturned buses, etc.) lying around, in addition to THE CAR!

The sum total of all this: my morning commute is a giant bitch. I hate you, Shia LaBeouf.

I am less tired today...

So I guess I'm staying up past my bedtime. I've always adored the Crate and Barrel Petrie Sofa (in colors Snow, Graphite, Ivory, Ebony, Blueberry, and Ink). This is an apartment remodel I found off Design Sponge that features the Petrie. Awesome.


Ah, now if only my apartment weren't the size of this living room.

I have an apartment!!

Also, this bench would look perfect in an entryway. Now, I have to go to sleep.

White Metal X-Base Bench, $147 (free shipping!!)