It's been 15 months since Hubby Tony and I moved into our condo. (Time sure does fly.)
When we downsized from our large house we got rid of a lot of furniture, but our comfortable, three-cushion La-Z-Boy couch with a recliner on each end came with us. We've had the couch for almost 20 years. It's structurally sound, but has a few cosmetic issues. The foam in the cushions is breaking down a little, and the padded footrests have dips in the middle. In addition, the couch is really too big for our new place.
Our plan was to get situated, figure out what we wanted, and buy new seating. Just about the time we had the figuring out part done, Covid shut things shut down. Even after the stores opened back up we made do, figuring that a new couch was a want and not a need.
Now that Tony has a lot of time on his hands we decided weekdays would be a good time to go furniture shopping, because there would be less foot traffic. A couple of weeks ago we visited some stores and sat on furniture. We came home, measured the room, and checked a couple of websites. After discussion we figured out the room would look nice with a pair of love seats arranged in an L-shape. Rather than relying on an ottoman for our feet we decided to stick with something that reclined.
Today we went back to a store with a list of three specific love seats that we wanted to take a last look at. We sat on all of them, figured out which one we liked the best, and placed an order. That's the good news. The bad news is that Covid shutdowns in the factory caused a backlog of orders, and it will take approximately 20 weeks for our new furniture to be delivered. We'll be using the old couch for quite some time.
You should have grabbed the one in the store when they weren't looking. Just left a pile of cash in its place.
ReplyDeleteHA! Who carries that much cash anymore?
DeleteThat is a kong timr but as you said time does fly!
ReplyDeleteI'm confused ... is this couch made of chocolate?
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
If only!
DeleteNice! I think a reclining loveseat also would be perfect here for me.
ReplyDeleteI love being able to put my feet up.
DeleteSame thing here! Just when we thought we'd discovered the 'perfect' couch they informed us of the 20-week wait ... and wouldn't sell the floor model. Please, let us know how it goes!
ReplyDeleteSince this may be the last upholstered seating we ever buy it will be worth waiting to get exactly what we want.
DeleteA similar thing happened to us sofa-wise! But then we had to clear furniture out of my uncle's flat so we're making do with those sofas. they're quite nice fortunately!
ReplyDeleteLucky for you!
DeleteIt was difficult to get kitchen appliances this past year as well. We just happened to luck out with our fridge being available at Best Buy. I love the idea of your recliner love seat.
ReplyDeleteFreezers were scarce and we paid three times what we would have paid before Covid. We sighed and told each other it was only money.
ReplyDeletelove seating is such a lovely name :)
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