Hi friends and fellow bloggers,
I'm sharing happy news today. I finally took the plunge and bought a storage sofa with reversible chaise. I hadn't arranged for assembly prior to delivery but when the delivery men arrived I realized I didn't want to have to deal with all the packaging and set up myself or wait for DH to be available because he has such long days as it is. So I asked the delivery men whether they had an assembly service. They did and they were willing to do it on the spot. Of course I had to pay them for the work and they were good enough to give me a discount.
The two gentlemen were efficient and moved my old sofa and chair to another area. They didn't have a haul away service for sofas. They tried very hard to assemble the new sofa but had difficulty putting both of the arms of the sofa onto the body of the sofa. After numerous attempts they asked if I would contact the furniture store and let them know the issue and I agreed.
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| The sofa minus one arm |
I called the store and they tried helping me over the phone. When that didn't work they arranged for a technician to attend and deal with it. The technician arrived promptly at the appointed time on Monday and while he worked I learned the trick to how the arm is supposed to be attached. I don't know why the assembly men didn't know that. They were trying to attach it in the complete opposite way though I have to say their way was the more intuitive way and I would have done the same not knowing any better. I wasn't provided with any assembly instructions so I'm not sure if they were disposed of along with the packaging. But now I know what to do if I ever need to take the sofa apart and put it back together again. I already know I'd need help with that because the pieces are too heavy for me to do it alone. My DH is very strong so he could do it and I could help him if needed. I made sure to tell him the 'secret' to assembly when he arrived home later that day.
The storage part of the sofa is in the chaise as most of you will already know. I wasted no time in filling it with things that were occupying floor space. I'll be getting rid of most of the stored items eventually. I'll no longer need the excess cushions and numerous reusable bags. After I deal with these things I'll be keeping bedding in the chaise. The sofa pulls out to make a double bed which is one of the incentives in purchasing the sofa. I'm expecting company this summer and so I'm so pleased that I now have a more comfortable space for my cousin to sleep instead of on an air mattress. I'm also pleased with the price and the multi-year warranty I purchased. These days it seems like so many little things can go wrong with new items and it can cost a lot to have someone attend to deal with it. The sofa itself is quite comfortable.
I call the sofa a gift to myself because my DH didn't think we needed a new sofa. He liked the leather sofa we had. I did too but it had lost its comfort level and really needed to be restuffed or filled. We'd been propping ourselves up on other cushions. So it was either repair the sofa which I was planning to do, or get a new one. Since we need a space for occasional guests to sleep and a place to store blankets I concluded that a new sofa was needed. The hardest part for me is just to decide what I really want or need then to find a good quality item at an affordable price. The extra tariffs that have been imposed by the US Administration and those that have yet to be imposed, will have a direct impact on pricing of many goods and commodities. So it's a good time to act on big purchases if you have the need and the means. In fact, I may be purchasing another large item in the not too distant future once I make a space for it to be assembled.
What about you dear reader? Do you have a storage sofa? If so, are you happy with the purchase?
