When Andrea and I first started living on our own, we spent several months without any clock in our home. The cheap wall clock we received as a wedding gift gave up after a few weeks and we simply had no time to shop for another one. When we finally got the time to look for one, we spent a lot of time looking at different kinds. We were intrigued and mesmerized by some really great-looking clocks. From the sleek, modern wall clocks to the elegant, classic grandfather clocks, we had trouble deciding which clock we want. We both wanted an elegant grandfather clock that looked like this:

This particular grandfather clock, the Howard Miller Urban Floor II Grandfather Clock, is a good mix of a sleek, modern design on an old-style clock. Andrea got excited when I told her that a lot of Howard Miller grandfather clocks are on sale at 1-800-4clocks.com. This grandfather clock’s original price is $3035 but is currently on sale for $2124. That’s around 30% discount! Still expensive for us right now but we really hope we get to buy one for our dream house.

We’ve already imagined placing the clock in the study room of our future house. It would fit perfectly with the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves we plan to have. While browsing for clocks, I even learned all about grandfather clocks, long case clocks, and tall case clocks. It seems that for a grandfather clock to qualify as one, it has to be a floor clock.