High-End-Chair

I am a spoiled brat. I am, and I'm the first to admit it. My parents made sure that my sister and I always had everything -- every single thing -- we ever wanted. They still do, to some degree, although more with my sister than with me these days, now that I'm a grown woman and out of the house.

Bill, though not quite as spoiled as I am, has come from a similar family -- they have a beautiful house, nice things, cars that run, etc. They eat well, go out to nice places and take great vacations.

So the two of us, together, have come to realize that when it comes to the things we buy and how we operate, when we really want them done, we don't fuck around. We don't half-ass and our shit is nice.













For example: the baby's nursery. After much idea-searching and pattern-ogling, we decided on argyle for one of the walls. The whole geometric thing is so "in" in nursery design these days -- diamonds and boxes and whatnot -- but I'm not about to have what everybody else has, and we love argyle, so painting one of the walls that way is an easy way to have a beautiful design that stands out. My father -- the king of detail-oriented paint jobs -- stepped in, and a couple of re-dos and about two months later, the wall looks gorgeous. And Bill's mother added crown molding, so now the nursery is the most elegant room in the house. Because we don't fuck around.

I probably should have separated these two posts, because, while there was no question that the design of the nursery would be perfect (and the ridiculously expensive, intricate baby room would in no way be perfect for us), this next item is more on that if-we-had-the-money wish list.

And we do not have the money.

In today's Parents.com e-mail, the writer suggested checking out some of the higher-end highchair companies, one of them being Bloom Baby. Well, the company offers a colorful, easy-to-clean chair called the Fresco Loft, which serves an infant recliner, highchair and toddler seat, all in one pneumatic, 360-degree swivel. Amazing, and the idea is that this one chair can follow your child until he or she is ready for the big girl/big boy seat at the dinner table. I think it's genius. And I want one.

I found some online sites that sell these chairs, and, unfortunately, they are $500. Way out of our price range. The chair we registered for is only $100.

But look how nice it is.

I really like it.