Sunday, August 11, 2013

New Couch

We've been keeping an eye out for deals on furniture since we moved into our new home.  For the past few weeks we haven't had any seating in our front room besides the piano bench, and the leather couch in our family room downstairs is getting pretty run down (the cushions all have rips).  We've been looking for a love seat and two accent chairs for the living room and a sectional for the family room.
Our family room isn't very large, so I really wanted to have a sectional to be able to maximize the seating.  A lot of the sectionals we looked at were way too big, too deep, or not the right style.  For example, I didn't want the type that looks like a whole bunch of chairs put together, because it limits how many people can comfortably sit on the couch (and my goal was to maximize seating).
We were thinking that investing in a quality sectional was going to be a year or two down the road, and then we found one at Costco this past week that was both functional and economical.  So we decided to go ahead and get it.  We rented a truck to get it home, and then my brother and a neighbor kindly helped us get it in the house.
Here are some before and after pictures:





I love our new couch!  I'm hoping that it will last our family for a good long while.  We're not letting Cosette jump on this couch, for starters.  She wasn't too happy with this new rule, but we really should have enforced it long ago.  I just didn't care enough about the old couch to make her stop jumping on it, which probably led to its sad demise.
For now, we've moved our old couch into the front room.  It's really nice to have somewhere to sit when you first walk in our home.
Another reason I wanted a sectional in the family room was to divide the room into two spaces.  I've always wanted a computer desk in a high traffic area in my home rather than an enclosed office, and I thought that along this wall beneath the dining room would be a good spot for one.


This may be a space that evolves over time to meet our needs.  It could be an office/homework space, a reading nook with a bean bag or video rocker and bookcase(s), an area for toys if we convert our toy room into something else, etc.  We may build in shelving along the wall, to match built-in shelving we're planning to add around the fireplace.  But that's way in the future - probably 10+ years.  For now, I'm not exactly certain what we're going to put there, except maybe a video rocker for Cosette to play with.  But if you have any ideas or suggestions for this space, feel free to share.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love your new couch! It is sooo comfortable. Thanks for letting us stay with you! :)

Suzanne said...

The new couch look fabulous. Thanks for posting pictures!