Lots of Walking

I've never been to the Furniture Market in Highpoint North Carolina before.  You can't go as an individual, you have to have a ticket and the only way to get a ticket is with someone who is in the industry.  Basically you need to have a designer or someone else get you a ticket to come. 

We met our designers at a place that gave us a spot in their parking lot for the day.   We looked at the one sofa they thought would match what we were looking for.   Then we looked at what things we'd like on a sofa that was different from what they presented.  

It's an interesting process.  The designers can't read our minds and we can't give them every preference in our heads, so we come to a meeting in the middle.   They're both very nice, and seem to be enjoying the process of discovery as we go through this. 

They are mostly helping us with things that will be built with the house, like the cabinets and paint, tile and countertops.  Handles and fixtures and anything else the house needs.   There are a few places we need a piece of furniture because what we have is going somewhere else.  Still, Market was fun.  There were so many beautiful things to see. 

The Tiny Girl All Alone:  My daughter was picked up from school by our neighbor's nanny.  She had to leave at 6:10 and we weren't quite home, which was okay as my daughter is fine to leave for periods now.  

The Big Boy Update:  My son isn't hear.  It's odd to come home without him here.