TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT "PIECES" BECOME ONE!

I have to go back to 2001 when we lived in our PierPointe condo in Norfolk. We had a second bedroom that we used as MC's study and as our guest room.

Enter IKEA, yes, that fabulous, ingenuous home furnishing company. We needed storage, lots of storage and BOY did we get it!

MC and I drove the 3 1/2 hours to the nearest Ikea in the suburbs of DC. We came home in our Acura Hatchback stacked with seven plus huge boxes. I believe I sat on a few in the backseat. Our saving grace was the Sun Roof! The only way the large boxes would fit, was to have them stick out the roof! And it was raining......
Somehow we survived the drive and so did the cardboard boxes!!!!

The hardest part was carrying them from the garage, into the elevator and then down the hall into our unit!!!!! Those boxes are heavy, very heavy!!!!

For the next few days, MC, tools in hand, assembled, perfectly all seven "pieces"
(there were only three "extra" items that simply didn't seem to "fit" anywhere!)






Now, jump ahead in time to 2007......

We are living in our City, Highrise, Condo in Charlotte. The BIG DOWNSIZE move. We downsized to 1096 sq.ft.!!!. We gave away our large, curved sofa, club chair with matching ottoman, dining table and a few side chairs, just to mention a few pieces!!!! I often wonder: "WHAT WERE WE THINKING?"
Now .......we have a small apartment size sofa and matching chair. We can't entertain more than one person at a time!!!!! What to do???

This is the period Kenneth Brown, a California Designer, was a friend who I could go to for Design assistance!!! I sent him pictures of the space. He suggested a large bench that could serve as a coffee table and extra seating....and he said: "Patty is has to be RED"!!!!! We headed out for such an item and this is what found!




PERFECTION.......

Our "Highrise" Life didn't last too long.....in fact barely a year!!!!

In June of 2008 we were in Sun City Peachtree, in a 1700 square feet house!!!
The Great Room was 18" x 18"..... and guess what? We needed larger furniture and more of it!!!! Apartment size sofa, chair and small dining table......
PERFECT pieces to give to the newlyweds, Erica and Adam!!!

Our new Great Room furniture went great with our RED bench, BUT no one sat on it and no one would put a glass or cup on it......Lots of Form.....but no Function!




SEATING.....OH BOY DID WE HAVE PLACES TO SIT!!!!

We bought a coffee table and put the bench in the guest bedroom.

NOT GREAT
BUT USEFUL!

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