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Bob goes furniture shopping at Sears with the homeowners and a designer in New Hampshire.
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" Pretty."

" That is all black lacquer on wood, huh?"

" That's right."

" And in the bases all these terrific columns and the combination."

" Not really practical, not really practical enough for the kids."

" I know."

" It has a very high gloss finish with a beautiful look to the mirror that means this side mirrors this side."

" And children play with those little [unk]."

" Yeah. They do. They kinda scratch up things."

" [unk]."

" That's right."

" Yeah."

" This has been in a couple of years."

" Yeah, later on and light."

" I love this traditional. This Queen Anne chair. This is really my style."

" That's right. Well, the Queen Anne is a much more traditional formal look"

" too traditional for Paul's taste."

" I think so. Yeah. This is a contemporary sort of house [unk]."

" That's great."

" It would really go with the [unk] in the house [unk]."

" That's right. I think I have something else that might be more compromising. It's a shaker style."

" Oh, sure."

" Come on over."

" This is a very popular dining room set."

" I kinda like that. That's nice."

" This is really nice. I really liked it."

" Beautiful."

" This is a shaker style."

" Now, the shakers were"

" huh."

" Looks like it will be nice. Arm chairs are $284 and these are $210?"

" Right."

" Not bad at all."

" What about this? Is this part of the same design?"

" That's right and it has the same construction; the mortise and tenon construction. The veneer top. Has lovely simple line with cherry poles. It has the matte black finish."

" Wow. Look at the drawers. "

" The drawers are solid oak. They are sanded and waxed. They have ducktailed joints."

" Uh hmm."

" It has a wooden drawer glide with glue block finish."

" Very nice."

" Very nicely constructed."

" $829."

" That's a good value."

" It's kinda nice with the black there. That's sort of very contemporary lines."

" Right."

" I like it."

" The chairs come in a matte-black finish as well, which would look great with that seat."

" Kinda nice. We put the table and the cherry there, and the chairs in black."

" I really like this leather. Really seems practical. Cleans up easily"

" which is very comfortable."

" What did you call that?"

" It's called a pub back styling."

" And they kinda lift up?"

" Yes and it's real comfortable to sit on."

" Oh. Yeah."

" You know, in a small space. If you don't have a lot of area, you can get a lot of comfort in one seat."

" How much is that couch?"

" This couch. Well, this is the sofa size. It's $1699 and you can get it in a Sleeper for under $1900."

" What do you say, Paul? You like that couch?"

" I love the couch. It will be a terrific couch in that space."

" Well, now, I think this is a little bit too big for your space in the family room."

" Won't fit, huh?"

" It's pretty tight there, yeah. I think we have to go with the love seat."

" You know this would be terrific. This armchair that I'm sitting in would be terrific with an ottoman. Do they make an ottoman?"

" They do and it would be great, but it's not gonna fit in that space, either. We have to get a little table in here."

" [unk]with the space, I guess."

" That's right, and that chair is very comfortable even without an ottoman, and we'll have a little table in between to hold your drinks and the kids can sit out. What have you?"

" Well, this really is confusing with all of these bedrooms sets here Shelly."

" Well, I know it must seem that way. We have over 20 bedrooms to choose from, but I thought you'd like this one?"

" Yes. It looks like it's from the same collection as our dining rooms set."

" It is. It is."

" It's the same wonderful construction."

" Like the, like the round headboard there. That would go great with the palladian window in the room."

" That's what I thought."

" Good point."

" This post, which are called pencil posts. This will frame the window and this gives you a nice compromise between the canopy that you like at the beginning, and Paul's cleaner lines that he prefers."

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