Lured in by Marketplace

 I may have mentioned that my new porch inspired me to zhuzh up my living room and maybe get a couch. Gulp. It happened all in one day. I didn't have a Facebook account so I asked my sister to shop for me and after losing out on one couch, I just used the link she sent me to look at other offerings. Doink! I found exactly what I wanted, an IKEA Ektorp, which I used to have when we first came to TN in 2007. I gave mine to my sister, when I was about to make my last house move. Not sorry, cuz I really wanted the white slipcover and all I had was the red. IKEA no longer sells the Ektorp and the replacement sofa is like $899, compared to the $350 I originally paid. This new one, and it is really new and improved, was $225, and right here in Chattanooga, rather than going back to Atlanta where my 'local' IKEA lives. My wonderful b-i-l John and my equally wonderful sister picked it up in their truck for me and all three of  us got it up the front stairs. It got a bit dirty on the way in, so I washed the slipcover and popped it right back on, a major reason why I wanted this sofa.

It's really big for my long skinny front room and I wasn't happy with this arrangement. So at 5am, my preferred furniture moving time, I decided to try out the far end of the room.

 She fits! And with a tiny bit of space to spare. Now I really must do something about that bare window. So I ordered more of that red gingham for a curtain.  That's how these things are. One change leads to another and pretty soon the whole room is transformed. 

 

Now about these red recliners...I was all set to try and sell them on Marketplace, since I caught the bug, but after washing them up, I thought, hmmm. They might work after all.

 What if I made a conversation area facing the sofa? Or what if I switched them out with two of my white armchairs that are in my other living room?  I might 'need' a narrow table to place behind them to visually define the space, or a small bistro table and chairs. I'm onto something! Oooo la la!

UPDATE: 

Yup, that's the ticket. Insta-curtain. Thank you Command Hooks.