Sofas! What's yours like?
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madzone
Physically unfavourable
_pH_ said:aqua's sofa+blue blanky combo is the stuff of legends
Shut it, you
My sofa is almost the same as aqua's but with patterned cushions. My nana bought us the 3 seater sofa and 2 armchairs for just over a grand. They were from a local firm and are solid wood frame, and goose feather cushions and guaranteed for 10 yrs or summat. I fully expect it to last us a thousand years even though the boys have already broken one of the legs off it
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Echo Base said:
I see that strung out replied to this further up. Just to add, I worked for a furniture company for a couple of years. One of the main parts of my job was to chase 'special orders' i.e. furniture not carried as an in-stock line, ordered especially like. The sales people used to quote 6-8 weeks delivery in order to secure the sale, but there was never any way in a million years that certain manufacturers would deliver in less than 12-15 weeks.
I bloody hated that job. The sales people got the commission and we (no commission) had to try and push the manufacturers whilst taking the kicking from the customers who had to wait double the time they were quoted.
Back in that day, though, the company I worked for would just take a 20% deposit with the balance due just prior to delivery. Was pretty rare for customers to pay the entire amount up front. Maybe times have changed.
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My sofa is terracotta red, the size of a single bed, and very squishy and comfortable. I lovers it and falls asleep all night on it a lot.
Johnny Canuck3
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Orang Utan said:
That must be why I felt that twinge of sinful guilt when I bought our new sectional!
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
sparklefish said:
Ah, it still works like that then.
Sometimes customers used to get so pissed off with waiting 4/5 months that they used to cancel the order. We had to return the deposit though cos the sales person had quoted them delivery in an unfeasible time. Top tip - always make sure that the sales person writes down the lead time quoted on the invoice, folks
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Sofas that you can fall asleep on as if they're a bed are both good and bad. But mostly good if you want a chilled out Friday night crime fest then waking up to watch Star Trek TNG at 2am
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Very pretty and roomy sectional corner type unit there Johnny
Blinking Canadians with all that space compared to us Brits 
strung out
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the place i work for you have to pay for sofas upfront unless you're paying with interest free credit over 6 months or a year. don't know if thats the industry standard as havent worked there long enough but they want all the money up front whether its from you or the credit company.
cyberfairy
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My ancient secondhand Habitat sofabad gently slides you towards floor within minutes but can't find a decent sofa or pref sofabed to fit in small space that can be delivered and does not cost fortune. I am typing this on beanbag with collapsed neck
strung out
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you should have asked me a week ago! i could have sorted you out with a nice one on the cheapcyberfairy said:My ancient secondhand Habitat sofabad gently slides you towards floor within minutes but can't find a decent sofa or pref sofabed to fit in small space that can be delivered and does not cost fortune. I am typing this on beanbag with collapsed neck
cyberfairy
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Grrr. I was just thinking the other day that I should ask you about a sofa but totally forgotstrung_out said:you should have asked me a week ago! i could have sorted you out with a nice one on the cheap
I miss my huge grey leather sofa which looked like it was from the set of a seventies porn film. Got taken to the tip as could not find a home quickly for it when I moved to a dolls house
Johnny Canuck3
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cesare said:Very pretty and roomy sectional corner type unit there Johnny
And it's not even in a corner: I don't like sticking all the furniture along the walls.
I'm kind of pissed off with the couch, actually. It has a tendency to throw you off a bit if you aren't situated properly.
lynne8
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Johnny Canuck2 said:That must be why I felt that twinge of sinful guilt when I bought our new sectional!
that's just too much, I'm jealous, mine is a stupid grubby futon type thing, I was going to buy a leather one over Christmas, but I couldn't find one I really loved, so I'm keeping my eyesore and researching until I find one I really love.
fractionMan
Custom Title
Mines a knackered old sofa workshop one I got off ebay for 50 quid. The cushions have been sat flat. Like pancakes
The Doctor said:
Sofa/bed, must have cost well over £1000 new. I got in for nothing because the previous owner thought he was going to have to break it up to get it out of his house. (He had redesigned the interior of his house neglecting to factor in you do need to be able to get the furniture out.)
I did have to remove a couple of doors, take the bed action out and remove the feet, to get the bastard out, but I was not too worried about that.
invisibleplanet
porter des cornes
Mine is like this - c1950s - same colour and buttoning - but with a high back and low arms - the sort of thing you'd find in a gentleman's club or an old university college (except it has pleat-front around the cushion edges)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-English...5598270QQihZ021QQcategoryZ63584QQcmdZViewItem
It used to have those silly little castors on, but it was too low for me, so I replaced with large jacobean-style oak buns.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-English...5598270QQihZ021QQcategoryZ63584QQcmdZViewItem
It used to have those silly little castors on, but it was too low for me, so I replaced with large jacobean-style oak buns.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
cyberfairy said:Grrr. I was just thinking the other day that I should ask you about a sofa but totally forgot
I miss my huge grey leather sofa which looked like it was from the set of a seventies porn film. Got taken to the tip as could not find a home quickly for it when I moved to a dolls house:
Oh noes
Not the grey leather sofa Acksherly, I think I slept on the other one. People with two sofas - pah
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Johnny Canuck2 said:
'Corner' was a UK centric technical term Johnny. We have oast houses in the depths of Kent that don't have corners and yet can house a similar corner unit. It's a mad world here in the UK.
The couch will conform imo, needs a bit of jumping and lying on to get the proper 'sagging to person' kitemark of quality*
* UK disclaimer applies
Barney Bee
Robbing the Santa Fe
I was gonna say that - probably in a less eloquent, more piss-take kind of way.strung_out said:
Ours is brown, from Ikea. They didn't have the right combination of sofa and sofa cover for weeks but we got there in the end.
It's quite nice.
janeb
WW Tyrion do?
The sofa and chair in our front room are second hand and wonderful 1970's, low, long, soft, patchwork leather - far too easy to fall asleep on, tend to do it pretty much every night. In the middle room we have a new (2 years old) brown leather sofa and chair, an art deco design - will last for ever as was very good quality (bought in the Barker & Stonehouse sale) but needs a couple of years to soften up, not slouchy enough yet 
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Vanessa Phelps (of all people) does a really good rant on the power of sofa advertising.
It's an interesting item I think, not as private as a bed, not as public as a car.
It's an interesting item I think, not as private as a bed, not as public as a car.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Cheap and comfy
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Our sofa is a fucking disgrace. We inherited it with the house. I tried to dye the loose cover. Failed. Tried to make a new one. Got bored half way through. It looks like shit! We really should buy a new one....
