With this couch, I thee ...

[pedalinfaith]

Well, we have passed the first major cohabiting hurdle: the purchase of a couch. Two, in fact.

I wanted to keep my enormous and comfy sectional pieces, but she didn't like them. (And, I must admit, they would have completely dominated the small apartment and blocked the fabulous views.) But I found her "couch" about as comfortable as hay bale. What

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[bananadiameter]

Are you not living in your house anymore?

I knew you were living together, but for some reason, I missed where you were living together.

[pedalinfaith]

Well, since January, I've pretty much spent all my time at her house. But, after the August Toronto trip, we decided to go ahead and actually add in some closet space for me and make it official. That means I'm doing a much needed downsizing. Once I've purged and we've merged, I'm planning on renting my place out.

[lightning_rose]

As a former fines arts major turned mercenary software engineer, I appreciate both points of view, and I know it's possible to satisfy both.

I have the most lovely and wonderfully comfy leather sofa that is sadly worn out. You can sort of see it in the living room photos on my former condo page.

http://www.lightning-rose.com/condo/

[bythebootstraps]

I like those couches quite a bit!
Can you drop me a line at liamaria at me dot com with your current contact info, including your email address?

I agree with lightning rose: you can have both. It's just more work.

xo

[nothinganything]

Aaaaaaah I dunno. I'd have to see the rest of your furniture, the paint, your wardrobes...
Kidding about the wardrobes, mostly.
The orange couch is pretty much what I've been stewing over for our living room. My couch looks awesome but is about as comfortable as a quarter rattling around in your jogging shoe. It invites you to stand back up immediately. Let me know how you like it so we can be twins if it works out.

[pedalinfaith]

We've already sat on them in the showroom. They are firm-ish but don't make you feel like you are sitting in a lawyer's waiting room. They are very affordable (in couch dollars) but the trade-off is that aren't, say, Room & Board quality. The bottom cushions are sewn down to the frame (so can't be removed for fluffing and cleaning), and the firmness sags a bit in the middle. But, for about half of what we would have paid at R&B, that's acceptable.

It'll be 6 weeks before ours arrive. So, I'll have to get back to you on the ease of cleaning of spills and removing cat hair.

[nothinganything]

They are firm-ish but don't make you feel like you are sitting in a lawyer's waiting room.

Shit. My lawyer's waiting room is pretty stellar. What about an accounting firm's waiting room?
BOTTOM CUSHIONS SEWN IN?!
My MIL peed all over the couch a few weeks ago. If that happened on this prospective couch, I'd just have to drag it into the street and set it on fire.