Phew, what a week it’s been! We moved into our new apartment last Saturday and have been unpacking and settling in ever since. We still have a loooong way to go, but I must say it’s coming along quite nicely.

And now, my Friday Five.

1. West Elm Peggy Mid-Century Sectional: our new couch!! You guys, we are in LOVE with this thing. We picked the standard version that’s sold in stores, because if you want to get a different color or fabric it takes 8 to 10 weeks to deliver. We got rid of the crappy loveseats from our old apartment and were not about to sit around on the floor for the next two months, so we were just fine buying this lovely grey heathered sectional. The couch was 20% off in the store the day we went shopping, and we had a 15% off coupon that the saleslady was nice enough to apply on top of that, so we got a really sweet deal on this baby! I’m not kidding, when I posted this pic to my FB the day it arrived, it got 30+ likes. Apparently my FB friends are really into new couch pics.  🙂  [UPDATE 2/23/17: I’m hearing that a lot of these couches are so terrible that West Elm has removed them from their website and is offering a refund or a free replacement for anyone who purchased one after July 2014. FWIW, our Peggy sectional has not lost any buttons or collapsed in the year and a half that we’ve had it, though the buttons occasionally pop up. We just push them back down.]Continue Reading…