All you need is love...and something to sit on!

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Open your eyes and I promise you will see it everywhere. Schools, stores and restaurants alike are decorated with hearts (small, big or candy-coated), balloons (regular, aluminum or on sticks), streamers and many other perfunctory artifacts that supposedly embody the idea of love. And we, the masses hurriedly run to find the perfect gift. Cards, flowers and chocolates are in great abundance. What do we choose?!? Oh, the flowers are so beautiful! Wow, the chocolates look divine! Yay, this card is perfect!

However, I want you listen carefully because this is the cold, hard, unfortunate truth: they are time stamped (minus the cards of course). And the expiration date is quick. Flowers wilt. Once chocolates are consumed, they are gone forever…except on those pesky hips. And then for a whole year, Valentine’s Day is just a distant memory. I promise you, I love flowers and especially chocolate…but why not make Valentine’s Day a year-long event?

As a colleague said, “Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate our loved ones and the home in which we live.” Are you getting the hint? I’ll give you a clue…furniture. Furniture does not have a quick expiration date. In fact, it is quite the opposite. It is constantly giving.

So here are a couple of options for you. You can either surprise your loved one with a gift certificate or you could make a seemingly impromptu stop at any one of our locations. Either way, come in together. This way you can avoid any decorative disagreements and walk away happy with your purchase. Plus, I don’t think I am far-fetched in saying this; there is something intimate about picking out furniture with the one that you love. Not only is it an activity that you are doing together (time spent together is always a bonus), but you are accessorizing your life and the home that you have built as a family. Okay, I admit that was cheesy, but it doesn’t make it less true!

Above all else though, enjoy the day! It is a rainbow of red, white and pink out there. Chase the rainbow.