Sit on it! A good couch is hard to find
After trawling through countless furniture stores and ass-testing (that’s an interesting phrase) every seat in sight, Rusty and I finally decided on a couch for our new apartment. Initially, we wanted to get a leather one in black, but agreed in the end that that was overdone. Also, a good leather couch would set us back significantly, and nothing is more appalling than pleather (an awful mix of plastic and leather). So, this is what we ordered: A tasteful micro-fibre (easy clean up) sofa bed from Bo Concept in charcoal grey.
The Zen 6000, photo from Bo Concept
Other delights in the pipeline: A 42-inch LCD flatscreen to mount above our (working) fireplace, a Tempurpedic foam mattress on a platform bed, barstools, a hanging lamp, a lounge chair and an antique coffee table.
We don’t have any visuals on these items yet, but when we do I’ll be sure to post those up. Of course, we’ll be needing kitchenware and sheets and other accessories.
Moving in with Rusty and shopping for our new home together is one of the happiest of couple activities. It is largely cosmetic, but its emotional significance is considerable.
Every item is a story of how it came to belong - snatches of earnest discussion, the shop assistant with a memorable lisp and the circling of autumn as we huddle into a showroom from the cold.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:38 am
[…] The couch seems to be warming up to the toaster. […]
January 15th, 2007 at 3:50 am
[…] To keep the fevers tolerable, we rotate between Percocet, Motrin and Tylenol at timed intervals. I am also making more stops at the laundromat. Every night, Jesse goes through at least four T-shirts because of his night sweats. On the sleeper couch, towels are set on his side to prevent drenching the microfibre. We haven’t slept in the bedroom for weeks. This Thursday, we go in for our final infusion. Then, we wait for scans. […]