Yesterday we finally got new sofas. One sofa and one sofa bed, to be exact. They’re from IKEA’s Ektorp line and had to be slightly assembled upon arrival. Somehow I managed to unpack them, move them into the right places, assemble the arms and put the feet on, and put on all the slipcovers . . . entirely by myself.

I did need help pulling the cardboard out from under the sofas, as it required one person to pull on the cardboard while the other one lifted the sofa, but I really wanted as much of it as possible to be completed when Michael got home.

Turns out that he had a surprise of his own. I’ve been watching these birdcages at Target (they’re candle holders), hoping they would go on clearance eventually so that it wouldn’t be quite so big of a splurge. Well, Michael had me sit down on the new couch and close my eyes. When he told me I could look, there were four birdcages sitting on the floor! He got them for me for my birthday, but decided to give them to me a little early. They go perfectly with the few other decorations in the living room.

Michael’s mom blessed us with her old loveseat and sofa when we got married, and we’ve been incredibly grateful for them. However, that’s not stopping us from being thrilled to go from this:

to this:

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