30somethingandsearching

Yesterday I mentioned my parents bought a 42-inch HD LCD TV. 

They installed it in their bedroom.

Now, they have been planning on redecorating their bedroom for several years.  They painted it probably a decade ago, but the furniture is over 30 years old with the exception of a few pieces that have been picked up here and there.

It’s an old house, so you can imagine that it is not a big bedroom.  There is a queen size bed, a long dresser with an attached mirror, and wardrobe (the doors fell off when I was in high school), 2 nightstands, a shoe cabinet and a DVD stand.  There is only room to walk around the bed, that’s it, and only about a foot all around.

Their plan is to buy new furniture, including freestanding closets from IKEA (the closet space is pathetic in their bedroom) a dresser and mirror, as well as nightstands.

Something always comes up to push the bedroom redecorating down on the priority list.  Last year it was doing the living room/dining room.  This year, it was the bathroom installation in the basement.

They have been wanting to get an LCD for a while.  My mom wanted a 32-inch; my step-dad wanted a 42-inch.  They would have compromised on a 37-inch, but this was such a good sale that they couldn’t pass it up and they couldn’t wait until the bedroom redecoration.

It is so big in this small room that it looks like a movie theater.  You have to sit/lay at the back of the bed in order for it to not make your eyes crazy like if you sit up close at the theater.

My step-dad can’t wait to watch the Bears game tomorrow on that TV.  We have a feeling that my brother-in-law will be coming over more frequently.