Media In The Bedroom

 As promised, although a bit late, this is the media dresser we purchased a few days ago for the guest bedroom.

 We are pretty darned happy with our choice, and although we did not pay second hand furniture prices, it's a great piece that will last long after we are gone and the children inherit our home goods.

 This dresser, measures 54" wide, by 42" high, by 20" deep.  It is a bit higher than a dresser, but lower than a chest of drawers.  PERFECT! 

 The top right hand drawer has a flip down front and a hole in the rear of the drawer to pass any media type cords through., hence the name 'media' dresser.

 Our small Sony Bravia TV fits on it nicely with room to the side for some items to pretty up the bedroom, but this media dresser would easily accommodate a much larger sized flat screen television.

 I've read another blog where the writer posted photos of a pine dresser that looked like a pine dresser, but this one has more personality, color and texture to it and also round pine knobs that almost reminded me of a flower.

 A longer dresser could have fit on this same wall, but due to this being a somewhat small bedroom I simply did not want to take up any more floor space than necessary. 

 In a nut shell, this media dresser simply had all of the items on my check list, most of all being a heavy, quality made in America  piece of furniture.

 Next.... this little piece of junk, child size oak dresser is also on my chopping block of things in this house that need to go away.  Once I save a bit I hope to also purchase the night stand that matches the pine media dresser by Kincaid.

At least that's the plan as it stands now.

Thanks for stopping by to read my Media Dresser Post. 

Media Dresser

 My husband decided last week that having an eleven year old television in our family room as our main TV was not a good thing.  The Sony Bravia has been a SUPER great set, but now finds it's home in our basement as a secondary viewing area.

He purchased an LG brand TV... 55 inch for the family room.

The Sony Bravia, having been moved to the basement meant that the smaller TV in that area no longer had a home, so it is going in a secondary/guest bedroom on the main floor.  

We don't like mounting our TV's directly onto the wall, since having done that once, and then selling the house, left a gash on the wall in need of repair per the home buyer's request.  If you have odd texturing on your walls as some of our rooms do, then it can be difficult to find anyone who will repair it for you.

Long story short.... we now needed a piece of furniture to accommodate the set going in the bedroom.

 I did NOT want a media looking piece of furniture in that bedroom simply because I want it to look like a bedroom instead of a TV viewing room, and after setting a budget (which I blew all to hell by the way) I came across this really nice Pine Media Dresser at Grand Furniture made by the Kincade furniture company in North Carolina.

When you walk through a large furniture store a few times and you keep coming back to one piece, it's probably a given that you love it and that it will be the one you purchase..... AND I DID.

They did. by the way, have a sale going on, plus a military discount for veterans which I took advantage of.  Woot Woot.  An additional $300 off the sale price.

But PINE you ask?  But no one buys PINE these days.  Well, this photo does not do this piece of furniture justice and I'll take a photo to prove it when they deliver it tomorrow.

The first two photos on this post are more indicative of what it looks like, rather than this lighter colored photo.

The pine is perfect for the very small room it is going into, which is on the northwest corner of our home with only one window... it's a dark room, so using anything with a dark wood would not have been the way to go.  We are always working at trying to lighten up our home whenever we purchase anything new.... well, at least I AM!  

The bedroom currently has a small black painted dresser (very ugly I might add) and a child's sized oak dresser as a nightstand.  I hope to at some point purchase the nightstand that matches this media dresser to complete the lightening up process of this room.

I'm happy with  my choice.  A piece of furniture that is heavy and very well made, rather than something that feels like a piece of cardboard (pretend wood)  as so many furniture items do these days.  This is a dresser that is solid and will never fall apart and fills all of my 'needs' list when it comes to the bedroom where it will live.

So, laundry today, furniture delivery Tuesday, dog needs to go to vet for anal glands sometime this week (ick) , groceries one day, and a retirement dinner to attend on Thursday. 

What's on your weekly list of to-do's?