Continuing from the previous post … the other change we made at my insistence was to rearrange the living room furniture. I have about a zillion pictures I’ve taken of food, but no “before” pics of our living area. If I find one I’ll update this post. But, basically our couch was sorta in the middle of our living space and it caused the living area, which includes our dining room table, to look cramped. So I basically pushed it so it was against the wall with a window. Moved the bench that was against the wall/window to the wall that is adjacent to our front door. Moved the credenza that was sitting where our bench now sits to an empty wall that is closer to the kitchen. And suddently things opened up.

Couch against the wall (was in front of the fireplace, basically)

Bench that was beneath window now against wall adjacent to door.

Credenza moved to wall closer to kitchen

Max never cared much before, but now enjoys the new living space from the couch.

The one thing we’ll have to figure out … the credenza now sits where we usually put our Christmas tree. The husband insists that the tree will now have to sit in the center of the living area (where the couch used to sit … notice the circle of life going on here). We’ll see, husband, we’ll see.