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Our new sectional was delivered last week. It looked really good, but it was immediately apparent that our coffee table and rug clashed. The rug was the wrong color and the coffee table was a completely different style. Oh, and the throw pillows had to go too.

So I hit up IKEA in search of a rug. I found a nice one, and then began eyeing the coffee tables. This is a pretty typical decorating experience — change one thing, and suddenly everything else “needs” to be changed as well.

In our case, I knew in advance that the coffee table would no longer match, so that was no surprise. But replacing it is still not a need. It’s just something that would make the room look nicer. I had enough money to buy an IKEA coffee table but couldn’t find a table that I was 100% happy with. So instead of spending the money on a less-than-ideal temporary fix, we’ll wait until we find something that’s what we really want.

But the non-matching table really bugs me, so I’m tempted to sell it and have nothing there instead. That’s certainly a cheaper option than going out and buying something that I only sort-of like, and then spending still more money to replace it again later.

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