Kathie, No worries! I had the rules explained to me so I'm trying to adhere to them while at the same time helping out with the info. The "Town and Country" grouping is 140 items from H&M that are offered in specific frame configurations in specific leathers. Pricing is very aggressive in this promotion, so it pays to shop there first. The T&C pieces are the same ones in the regular catalog, and the likewise the hides come off the same group as the main sample swatches. This can get confusing, but I'll try to explain it as best I can. Within the T&C program, there will be a 'married cover' hide at the lowest price. This is a leather that is pre-sewn as a kit form, and on the shelf at H&M. When an order comes in for this category, they pull the kit, and cover the frame with it. When you do the married cover items, there are no pre-approval swatches. In the past, "married cover" almost always meant it was sewn in China, but H&M no longer does that and their kits are sewn in North Carolina. At the next level of T&C, you typically can choose another leather series (such as any Document colorway) for more than the Married Cover Price, but for less than working out of the main price book. Heres an example of how pricing would look for an Austin Sofa (they are not the real prices, I'm just making these up since I'm typing from home). Austin Sofa in Married Cover, choose from Document Chestnut, Cavilier Oxblood or Cavalier Dark Blue. $ 2,299 (these are Grade II hides in kit form) Austin Sofa in Any other Document colorway $ 2,699. Austin Sofa in Any other Cavalier colorway $ 2,899. Austin Sofa in any Grade II leather from the main book $ 3,299. So, as you can see, there are several price steps you can choose for the same frame. It really all depends on if you're shopping budget or shopping a specific hide or 'look'. By far, most people will buy in a T&C promo if the piece they like is offered in it, and many will give up the leather selection they really like to save some money by buying into the program. There are thousands of options with Hancock and Moore. I suspect your feeling limited in selection is more a function of your local dealer not offering (or not knowing!) all the various price structures and program items. Its confusing and as a dealer if you're not real careful you can wind up mis-quoting the line on pricing. Thats why many dealers only offer a few pieces at specific prices. The Town and Country program is ongoing, and changes with each April and October High Point Market. Some items come in and others go out, and there are price increases that come into the line as well. One day, when I have some time, I'll make a list of all the Town and Country items and the leathers they come in. Let me know if you have any more questions! Duane Collie

Well, I have gone to every Tuesday Morning store in the New Orleans/Baton Rouge area (about 12 different stores), and I DID find the mocha/ivory rug that My3dogs has, but it was only a 3x5! It seems like every store had at least one or two of the Couristan Woven Treasures rugs in various sizes (ivory ones, green ones, pink ones, red ones). I still have the sort of golden/tan one in the 8x10 size in my living room, and I also bought a sort of crimson/fire orange colored one in a 7x10 size that is just absolutely gorgeous. It has sort of an Aztec-looking pattern with what looks like birds and vases with flowers. I almost think I like it the best of all of the ones I've seen, but I don't know if all that red works in my house. I may bring in back, but I just had to try it at home. I tried using Tuesday Morning's product locator phone number and entered the numbers that my3 was so gracious to get for me, but their system doesn't seem to work too well. I haven't been successful getting an actual person there to help me, either. It looks like this weekend I might take a trip to the couple of stores on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to see if I can find the mocha rug in the 8x10, but if I don't find it there, I may just have to settle for the tan version. If anyone happens to find this rug in a Tuesday Morning where you live, I would be happy to reimburse you for the rug, pay for the shipping and even throw in a little extra for your effort! I know that's a big favor to ask, but there seems to be so many helpful people here. Well, wish me luck! I WANT THAT RUG!!!!

I am STILL grinning from ear to ear over this! I called my mother each time I got an update from kswl, and I took Friday off to go to southern Maine with Mum to (you guessed it) picked up some CL chairs! She was here in my office with me when we saw the emails with pics coming in, and it was quite a thrill. We had a wonderful lunch outside on the patio at Stonewall Kitchen's Cafe in York, ME. Who knew that over a month ago, one of the chairs I saw and wanted was owned by an artist, who is also a cat rescuer! I was looking for his phone number online and found this article, which made the front page of the local area newspaper when it happened. Brad still has that cat named 'Banks' and 5 others. He is looking for homes for 3 of them, but potential adopters will be carefully vetted. Brad sent me home with a chair that I hadn't planned on buying as well as the one he'd been holding for me. Both were from his grandparent's home. He asked for pictures when they are done, as did the nice man in Gray, ME where I bought the two that I am doing for Chibimimi. Lazygardens, I don't sell on Etsy, or anywhere else, other than the Mustard House in Buxton, and anyone who happens to see and want something they've seen. Pam, the owner of the Mustard House, wants me to do this antique French sofa she bought. I've looked everywhere and have not seen one like it, with those built-in arms on each end. Researching shipping these to GA was interesting, and the rates from FedEx and UPS shocked me. Incredibly high in my opinion. Being an eBay fan, I have seen many auctions that offer Greyhound shipping at a reasonable fee, so I researched that, and it was 1/6 of the highest price, which was from UPS. The buyer does have to pick them up at a Greyhound station, but the savings were HUGE! The size of these at 44" high made them too big to go USPS, as the 'horse stool' to MA did. Here is a link that might be useful: Vet calls cat rescue a 'miracle'

We've decided to go with Hancock and Moore because of the construction of the frame, amongst other considerations. I've gotten some good advice from Duane (formerly of this site and now on his own site) and others (thanks to the replies here, too) and now feel a little bit more educated on Leather 101. We went to FLS but they didn't have a Journey. And because we were there, we browsed pretty much everywhere else and got tired and came straight home, thinking we'd made a decision (on leather color) until I read about problems with the 'Document' line (color sometimes rubbing off), and so I learned more--about protected and unprotected leathers and such. Still wanting to sit in a Journey chair or sofa, I called around. The only place I can find one is Boyles, 2 yrs away. Gee, I changed my mind from fabric to leather thinking there would be fewer decisions. I couldn't seem to commit to a fabric type / style / color, etc. I MUST make a decision and take advantage of H&M's winter sale.