May 19, 2011 · filed under pretty things
about a bench
Have you ever been sad about losing something you never even had?
No, this is not a “deep thought.” I’m not talking about a lost friendship or lost pregnancy. I’m talking about a coffee table.
(Jet Set Storage Bench – Robin’s Egg Tweed)
I want this bench (to be used as a coffee table) so badly right now. But as soon as I buy it, it would become the #1 Worst Purchase Ever, because me and my caveman husband do 99% of our eating at the coffee table. And drinking, and feet resting. So it would be quite silly to fool myself into thinking we could keep it clean.
Instead I will just leave it in an open tab in my browser, look at it a few times per day, and sigh loudly.
Anything you guys are wishing for right now that you simply cannot have?
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miller everett
Caveman husband
May 19, 2011 3:39 pm
Me no like bench. Gronk. Me eat brontosaurus leg now.
alison
May 19, 2011 7:29 pm
I’m in the opposite situation. I love our dining room chairs but the are falling apart. Lily has destroyed two of them by tipping them over backwards and the others are all in various states of disrepair. There are so many other things I want to buy first before new dining chairs but my hand may be forced!
RA
May 20, 2011 7:02 am
OMG, Andrew’s comment. Awesome.
When we were renovating our kitchen, I really wanted to bust through a wall and make a peninsula/bar/breakfast nook into our living room. But… it was an exterior wall originally, and it’s full of plumbing and electrical and INSULATION. No can dosville, babydoll. (Anyone on the reference?)
The only thing I really want this year and can’t have is a long vacation. We’re going to the Jersey shore per usual with my in-law extended family, but that’s not really what I mean. Dang 6 weddings.
K
May 20, 2011 2:57 pm
I really wanted a fabric headboard for our bed, but then I started envisioning greasy melon headprints left in the delightful fabric. And, well, that would’ve made me surly and not fun to be around. “Here, put on this plastic shower cap before you lean back. DON’T TOUCH THE SILK HEADBOARD!”
Anyway, I like that Model Husband has morphed into Caveman Husband. He’s keepin’ things lively around here.
Julie
May 22, 2011 12:07 pm
What if you bought it and then changed your eating habits to eating at a table? Maybe get some side tables for your drinks?
….
What I am trying to rationalize this for you because that piece is incredible. And you deserve it in your home!
Kristin
May 23, 2011 9:51 am
I wish to be completely done processing all 216 radioactive samples sitting in my freezer at work waiting on me without every actually having done them at all so that I can move to California right now and FINALLY live with my husband (in a real house for grown-ups).