[@LadyRunic] Ah I see! I assumed it was an ancient complying of the centuries with modern furniture, like a great old room that only gets added to and hardly anything taken away. When t said the armchair had an arm that was almost falling off, I pictured more of a neglected place than something visited often.

But either way Bodil is a bit of a neat freak, so she'd probably have the same opinion, if backtrack a bit and say "oh but I mean... it's...[i]nice[/i]... in a lived-in sort of way... heh..."

I hope it gets better for you. December is a hectic time with all those holidays crammed into it.