Barstools and sofas

We spend the day driving from one end of the city to the other looking for barstools and pendant lights: first at IKEA in West Sac, then downtown, then to Rancho Cordova and beyond. The fancy stools with backs and swivel seats are astonishingly expensive - $300 and up! We almost buy three on a verbal discount offer from one dealer, for $200 each, but luckily decide to think about it. Instead, we went to Naturwood to look for more barstools and ended up buying a sofa and chair! Well, what can I say - it was a red sofa and I loved the fabric on the chair. We got 2-years no interest, plus free delivery.

As we contemplated stools, floors, lights, costs, etc., we decided that perhaps we didn't need the fancy barstools right away, and IKEA and Target have some interesting ones that might do. We also saw lights at Home Depot that were relatively inexpensive, so the money we save on the stools and lights will offset the new sofa.