This is why Dave cannot relax when we go to Wrightsville Beach.The renovation of the beach house was complete Labor Day 2008 (thanks to Kyle & Andrew!) and we started moving in and assembling furniture immediately. The TVs were purchased on or around....day 2. I apologize in advance to those die hard anti-tv---read-more-books---tv-will-rot-your-brain campaigners. The Spetrino family has a sick fascination with watching TV.
The TV pictured above is in the master bedroom. Back when we removed this beauty from her box, we had no furniture to place her on and well, the box she arrived in was pretty solid. We knew this would be a temporary situation as we had no other furniture in the master bedroom other than a gorgeous bed from Williams Sonoma. I really wanted to see the bed (ordered online) before I purchased furniture for the room. I believe any prudent homeowner would, right?
Well, fast forward to May 1, 2009. We have spent many a weekend down at the beach. I love it, the boys love it, and Dave...well Dave can't "relax" there so he doesn't love it so much. I believe he has a hard time in general relaxing due to his hardcore work ethic so I do not fault him for not completely enjoying this amazing investment.
But why you ask? Our ghetto furniture. For the record, this is the only piece we have, there are no matching sets, i.e. we did not purchase any smaller TVs for nightstands.
We joke about covering it in wrapping paper and drawing drawers on it, like Blues Clues furniture. It absolutely drives Dave nuts. "The house is not complete without all the furniture! It feels unfinished! Do you hear that crackling sound?"
The only danger now is the tape is starting to buckle from the heat of the TV and the box is starting to sag. We fully expect to walk in any moment and find the TV back in the box. This would be OK because the orginal styrofoam is in there too so it would cushion the fall and comfortably catch the tv in all the right spots.
It would feel like we just moved in!
