Furniture Daydreams

After looking through the JIL, I started looking at the job postings for my state's community colleges. The big, local, I-would-totally-love-to-work-there college is hiring three (three!) English instructors this year. I'm guessing after this year they won't be hiring for awhile.

Soooo, can I please not think about school and work for like thirty minutes?

Instead, I would much more like to live in a fantasy world of home decorating.  This is not a world I am all that comfortable with in terms of my skill, but I'm starting to think more about it.  We've been in our house for about three years and have only bought one piece of furniture ourselves.  Everything else we got for free as hand-me-downs, which is AWESOME.  However, nothing is really anything I would have picked, it doesn't really "go", and most of it is way too big for our house.  Case in point is our living room.  It is a long, skinny room that has no real wall space because of windows, a fireplace, built-in shelves, and then doorways.  Because of this, furniture can't be anchored on a wall so we need something a little more streamlined than what we currently have.  For such a purpose, I am loving this small couch:   

Then there is this table:

What do you guys think of this?  I am really surprised I like this, but it is kind of different and useful in a small room.  The leather top makes it useful for a seat as well as a table.  Of course, it is way too expensive for me to think about, but I kind of love it.  I'm thinking that a circle table will take up less space than the normal rectangle coffee table, especially in the setup of our room.  Here are some cheaper options:

The first one is from Crate and Barrel and has some mixed reviews.  The second one is from Overstock and looks kind of cheap to me. 

Then on the other side of the table, I think I would like a chair or two instead of another couch or loveseat.  Ideally, the chair(s) would bring in a fun pattern or color, but I haven't found any that I love and would love for a long time.  I do, however, like the shape of this chair:

Well, maybe I wouldn't need a bold pattern.  The walls in the room are painted a blue color and we have two colorful paintings in the room.  I don't think I would get a white chair because how practical can that really be, but maybe another subdued basic color?

Okay, and then there is this thing below.  It is a side table made of real wood ("fallen cypress trees" according to the website) and I think my husband would think I am crazy for liking it. 

I think it would just be such a nice, unexpected piece.  The website shows how you can use it in any room, and I really like it in the bedroom as a nightstand. 

And look, there's my couch!

Thanks for indulging my daydreams.  Now it's back to the books.