I admit it; I'm unfaithful. Instead of grieving my red couch for a respectable time I went right out today and bought a new couch. I'm worse than Scarlett O'Hara dancing at that ball when she was supposed to be mourning her husband. Except that Scarlett never really loved Charles Hamilton whereas I really loved the red couch. I went to visit it at Ikea and everything.
Aaaaanyway.... as I mentioned in my previous post, after discovering the red couch was no longer available I went to various big-name furniture stores and discovered that couches are EXPENSIVE. Wow, I had no idea that Ikea is really much cheaper than many places. I went home discouraged by the knowledge that it would take me at least another year to save for two couches. Oh my, how depressing. And then last night, I remembered Fantastic Furniture. I had hesitated initially because they have a lot of medium-quality furniture, a depressing amount of low-quality furniture and a few quite-good-quality items. Their wooden furniture (coffee tables, tallboys etc) is actually pretty good, as are their bed frames but I wouldn't buy a mattress from them and I was unsure about couches. When you buy a $300 couch it's not usually an item you'll be handing down to your kids, you know what I mean? Nevertheless, I took a trip out to Fantastic Furniture today and sat on every single couch in the place. Let's not mince words - many of them were rubbish. Ugly, cheap looking, uncomfortable and feeling like they will be broken in six months. Others were very sturdy and well-made but not in my price range or simply not what I wanted. Eventually I settled on the couch pictured below - let me stress that I did NOT buy it in that hideous colour.
Aaaaanyway.... as I mentioned in my previous post, after discovering the red couch was no longer available I went to various big-name furniture stores and discovered that couches are EXPENSIVE. Wow, I had no idea that Ikea is really much cheaper than many places. I went home discouraged by the knowledge that it would take me at least another year to save for two couches. Oh my, how depressing. And then last night, I remembered Fantastic Furniture. I had hesitated initially because they have a lot of medium-quality furniture, a depressing amount of low-quality furniture and a few quite-good-quality items. Their wooden furniture (coffee tables, tallboys etc) is actually pretty good, as are their bed frames but I wouldn't buy a mattress from them and I was unsure about couches. When you buy a $300 couch it's not usually an item you'll be handing down to your kids, you know what I mean? Nevertheless, I took a trip out to Fantastic Furniture today and sat on every single couch in the place. Let's not mince words - many of them were rubbish. Ugly, cheap looking, uncomfortable and feeling like they will be broken in six months. Others were very sturdy and well-made but not in my price range or simply not what I wanted. Eventually I settled on the couch pictured below - let me stress that I did NOT buy it in that hideous colour.
The couch pictured is a two-seater. I bought a three-seater and a three-seater sofa bed. Essentially the same as pictured but a bit wider. The fabric I chose is a rough looking fabric kind of like corduroy but the lines aren't as smooth and ordered as cord. Hmmm... it has just occurred to me that it might make a perfect kitty scratching post. Oh dear. The colour is called 'fudge' but it doesn't look like any fudge I've ever eaten. It's a fawny/tan colour... darker than cream but not yellowy, and lighter than brown. All up, including delivery, it was roughly $1750, which is a tad more than I had available to spend, but... la la la... not listening.
When it arrives - in four to six weeks - I'll take a photo of the real thing and post it.
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5 comments:
Well I am glad you found something you like! As for the kitty scratching post, it should be ok if she already has a scratching post... hopefully.
This post brought a smile to my face. I too thought 'possible kitty scratching post?" but maybe Sophie won't.
Some really awesome lines: "Except that Scarlett never really loved Charles Hamilton whereas I really loved the red couch."
And: "which is a tad more than I had available to spend, but... la la la... not listening."
Great lines!
Hope that treating yourself brought a smile to your face too.
Thank you - it brought a big smile to my face and I'm ignoring the fact that going over budget means my credit card debt is now $400 bigger. Wow. My degree was fun but I'm not sure it was worth nearly $19,000 ($3,900 credit card debt, largely accumulated whilst trying to, you know, live during the uni years, and then a $15,000 HECS debt). Nah, actually it WAS worth it because I had a great time.
Sophie has a small scratching post in one room and a HUGE scratching post/cat gym in another, and so far she hasn't attempted to scratch any of my furniture. So here's hoping.
Thanks for the offer of a photo, because "Oh dear. The colour is called 'fudge' but it doesn't look like any fudge I've ever eaten. It's a fawny/tan colour... darker than cream but not yellowy, and lighter than brown." doesn't help me much! :)
Geeeez, Jen. I thought you and I were on the same wavelength! How could you not understand what colour I meant?? ;D It's a lightish brown - does that help? That narrows it down to about 2000 possible shades...
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