What is nice is that the family room is starting to shape up . We have our old dining room table in there and I am getting ready to reupholster the chairs in some very durable , very cool fabric . The table has a giant , custom piece of glass fitted to the top of it so the kids can paint , glue , melt wax , start small fires or whatever the hell they want to do and not only do I care less about the table , it is unlikely with the big piece of glass on it to suffer any injury anyway .

Question: Why is the narrator buying so much new furniture ?
The narrator is redecorating .