We bought furniture today--sale prices, yadda. It's not the blue-turquoise-teal-blue I wanted, it's shaded tweedish grey with a soft hand, sturdy construction, high and firm enough to be comfy (I hate sinking butt-first into downy cushions and having to fight my way to my feet). All the good plusses, stain-resist, delivery, plus pickup and donation of our futon and loveseat, both of which have served valiantly, but well, it's time to part ways.

My question: I have my dad's club chair, built like a fricken tank, hard-rock maple frame, joined, no screws or bolts, hand-tied springs, weighs a ton and is indestructible. Somewhere in the 70s Dad decided grey-and-red awning stripe silk damask wasn't his thing (green moss fringe around the seams, green bullion fringe at the bottom, woo!) and had it recovered in cream faux-Naugahyde. Guys, I can't even make the "Do you know how many naugas had to die for that chair?" joke because--*faux*-Naugahyde. The chair will go on forever unless somebody hacks it apart with a battleaxe and lights it on fire.


It's a great chair (cat not included), straight lines, deep seat, perfect angle on the back. I've sat in it, and would still, but I need an ottoman and unless it's the perfect height it wrecks my knees. H hates the chair, the angle of the back's all wrong for him. However, even with the new stuff, we need a chair. So do I investigate how much gold pressed latinum it's going to cost me to have it reupholstered, or price a new chair?

Opinions, please?

ETA: That is not my house, that is not my rug. Picture was taken in my mom's house before we absconded with the chair.

I could go out in the chilly sloppy rain and fight the Saturday crowds to go to the bakery, and see if they have lemon tarts, or possibly lemon meringue--or even better, lemon cream pie, all for meeeee, since I'm the only one here to eat it.

Or I could sit here all cozy and dry and spread Dickinson's lemon curd on a few cinnamon graham crackers and top it with a schmear of whipped cream cheese. No leftovers.

Yeah. That'll work.

It's bright and sunny out there now, and most all of it has melted. There's more coming, though, and rain, and more snow, and rain, for the next ten days, according to the forecast. I might need to get started on that ark.