
The red chair is waiting for its fate to be decided in the corner of the dining room. I moved it there on the day I decided that I’d had enough of the red chair.
So the red chair is in a very transitional spot in the corner of the room. At first I put it on its side so that it wouldn’t take up too much room. But OSFO insisted that I put it right side up so that she can sit in it when we eat dinner.
OSFO likes to eat in that chair. That’s one of the reasons why it’s so dirty. I should have put the kibosh on eating in the living room but I never did.
So the fate of the red chair is undecided. Yesterday two OTBKB readers came over to look at the chair. They seemed to like the chair. The guy said it was too big from the start. But the young woman seemed to want to make it work. We measured the chair for them.
"Now go home and measure in your living room," I said.
The young woman called and said that when they measured the living room they realized that the chair was too big for the room. Turns out that Mrs. Kravitz, our downstair’s neighbor, might be interested. Her living room is big and she’s been wanting to get rid of what she calls her yellow "grandmother chair."
I don’t know if the chair literally belonged to her grandmother or not. I haven’t heard from Mrs. Kravitz since yesterday. She hasn’t come up to take a look at the chair. I hope that doesn’t mean that she’s lost interest.
It might be nice to have the chair in the building not far away.
I have to agree with Vita. The agony you are experiencing over this chair belies all understanding. There are so many more important things in the world.
geez lady.. your kids want the chair so keep it till they all leave home. I don’t get the fuss on this issue. If they see it as a symbol of their home let them keep enjoying the chair. Kids grow up fast and then you get to re decorate.
Been there/ done that!
p.s. The way I got rid of furniture that I really was over with was to offer it to the kids when they moved out and sometimes either for reasons of limited budget or emotional attachment they took it. So now I get to see that rectangle oak dining table in son’s house and we bought a round table. It looks perfect in his space.