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Furniture manufacturers and sellers are insane.

I'm wandering around online looking for attractive, reasonably priced furniture to fill out our somewhat empty living room as time and money permit.

Almost every place I try has assembly required even when the item in question is priced at several hundred dollars!

Shouldn't we get a little convenience at least, in return for the higher prices? o_o Shouldn't we get a little *quality*? Instead of pieces that have particle board for the sides, top, and bottom, a thin cardboard back that attaches with finishing nails, and a pricetag of 250$?

(Note: I am not trying places like Ethan Allen Furniture and other such "real" furniture stores. Their items don't require assembly, and do offer solid construction, but they're really not in our price range at all. I've already looked there a few weeks ago.)

For that matter, aren't there places that have full-assembled bookcases and so forth for less than a hundred dollars? x_x

Cute Callisto story.

He did the silliest thing this morning.

I was half asleep. He was on the bedroom window sill, which is pretty high up, and directly above the nightstand.

I hear a thud. I figure he just leapt off and went wandering away somewhere. He does this all the time. Usually no cause for alarm.

I start hearing frantic scrabbling noises.

I lift my head, and his hind paws and tail are all that's visible above the nightstand. He was stuck in headstand position between the wall and nightstand. Hind paws frantically trying to gain a purchase on the wall so he could climb back up. I hadn't thought there was a gap big enough for him to fit back there.

Not hurt, just kinda stuck. I laughed myself silly. Then I pulled it out far enough to get him loose, and he scurried away under the bed.