Friday, January 26, 2007
a tale of two sofas
well. i have been -- let's say, nudging my husband a great deal recently about how much i want a 'new' couch. not a new from the store couch, mind you, we're college students. can't afford that kind of nonsense. but a new to us couch. something more comfortable than the one we have, basically. i love the couch we have, but its time has come.
we'll call this the OBC (the Old Brown Couch). the OBC just wasn't cutting it anymore. long had we loved her, long had she served us.....but things were a little.... how can i put this politely -- saggy -- for the OBC.we found ourselves a great cheap leather loveseat for $25 on craigslist. even we can afford 25 dollars. we went over to look at it, and it was great, just a little.....small. we're just used to a normal full-sized couch, and weren't ready to move to a loveseat. there is not room in our apartment for TWO couches! no room.
so while we were there looking at the fabulous! cheap! leather! loveseat, she mentioned she had the matching full sized couch she wouldn't mind getting rid of either..... sooooo we asked to see that one.
that one, my friends was the Dog Couch (DC). now, friends, the DC has seen better days as well -- it hasn't been loved. the dogs i'm sure loved it, but it has because of that gotten REALLY DIRTY. like REALLY DIRTY. and i didn't think you'd fully understand that w/o a picture.
we started cleaning, when i realized that i *HAD* to take pictures so i could blog this. consequently, in this picture, we've cleaned one of the cushions. can you guess which one??
(hint: not the right, and not the left)
so anywhos, the DC was the couch that these two HUGE DOGS basically hung out on. and now it is the couch that WE hang out on. it is still structurally sound (remember the OBC? couldn't have that again) -- and although we spent several hours together cleaning it, the DC only cost us $50. what a steal, right?
she cleans up nice.
Labels: couch, craigslist, deals, random marital events
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