OK, so I know I've been obsessed about the living room furniture. Certain readers have been asking for pictures. Here they are.

Mike & Tucker enjoy the couch and ottoman.

Tucker shows the front entryway. The mirror was a garbage find by my Dad!

Finishing touches that still need to be done include: Getting a mantle for the fireplace and glass doors on the sucker (for both safety and efficiency reasons), getting the rest of our pictures out of boxes and onto the walls, fixing up the lighting situation, getting drawer dividers for the entry table so that we can use the space efficiently, and fixing the errant bookshelf on the back wall (piece finally received, 3 months later) and arranging the bookshelves all pretty-like. Work to be done, for sure, but it's 88 percent there.