Now, I’m playing rearrange the furniture.

The chair I have usually used in our living room was a hand-me-down from my parents. It was a good chair that they bought when they lived near Hickory, NC, probably 35 years ago. In that time, it has been through half a dozen moves. The upholstery was worn out, the cushion was flat, the wood needed refinishing and it looked like I’d pulled it out of a dumpster. (Not that I’m above pulling something out of a dumpster. That’s how we got the Victrola cabinet we ust to store our liquor.) In short, it was worn out and we had gotten as much use out of it as we cared to.

I don’t really need all new stuff all the time. Our sofa cost $20 at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Durham. And a lot of our furniture has been bought from second hand stores or passed along.

But, there’s used and there’s worn out.

So, I bought myself a recliner that rocks, swivels and lies all the way back.

The thing about recliners that you don’t always think about is that they can’t be as close to the wall as other furniture if you want to actually recline.

So, everything is a little out of place and I’m trying to figure out how to shift it around in a way that doesn’t require me to rehang the art, allows me to see the bird feeder out the front window and that works for the usual use of my space.