We would scooch across a cushion at the wrong angle, and a button would pop off, leaving a fraying hole behind.
We sat on the couch at the end of each day and congratulated ourselves on our good and prudent choice and searched for throw pillows that didn’t have any words or foxes on them.Īround when the throw pillows finally arrived, the couch began to disintegrate in small ways. It was a little uncomfortable, but probably just needed some throw pillows to soften it. The couch came, and our old one, a vintage leather Craigslist number, left. If you buy a couch together, either the couch or the relationship will break, and the two things will have no correlation. Engagement rings are the biggest racket in history, and even if you love each other, one of you will lose your ring. No matter what Apple commercials and jewelry ads tell you, you should never, ever view an object as a metaphor for your relationship. This is the moment when I need to warn you of something vitally important. I looked at the image on the West Elm website and saw an entire montage of us laughing on the couch with friends, reading the Sunday paper on the couch, drinking obscure liqueurs on the couch (would this be the couch on which we would discover that we loved Cynar or Chartreuse?), moving the couch into a larger apartment, covering the couch with tarps while we painted the walls around it a daring color, giving birth on the couch, dying on the couch. It was more than we were used to paying for a piece of furniture, but the price seemed to be proof of enduring quality. We would each put a fat $600 towards the couch, and that money would be an investment into our new life together. We chose a West Elm design called the “Peggy” in a deep rusty orange color. The couch would be the most prominent piece of furniture in our small apartment and our first big purchase together - a gigantic spongy representation of our shared style sensibility. This is why, a few weeks after moving in with my partner, Kevin, we decided to buy a couch from West Elm.
And more specifically, a need to prove that I’ve graduated from Walmart bedframes and second-hand plywood shelves scooped up from the sidewalk. The only couch anybody needs is a metal frame pulled from the curb, a few pillow cases, and a stack of old newspapers.īut in spite of myself, as a 28-year-old, I find myself drawn into the same capitalistic pitfall that many young professionals are drawn into - a need to prove my adulthood with mid-century furniture. Poly-Fil? Foam? Goose feathers? Forget about it. Every couch I have sat on since then has felt unreasonably, needlessly luxurious. When I was a kid my grandma had a couch on her front porch that was, as a result of some sort of thrifty post-wartime craft project, stuffed with crumpled-up newspapers. West Elm is offering up to 60% off its bestselling furniture for a limited time.Comparing notes with other unsatisfied owners of the Peggy sofa Since most high-quality, furniture pieces will cost you a pretty penny, capitalizing on sales from your favorite brands is the best way to go when you’re looking to buy big-purchase items.įrom Overstock‘s huge holiday sale of over 500,000 discounted items to Castlery‘s sitewide sale, we’re confident you’ll find exactly what you need. Whether you’re redesigning your living room and want a new sectional, are in desperate need of a new bed frame or want to create the outdoor oasis of your dreams with a new patio set, ahead of summer - you’ve come to the right place.Īhead find more than a dozen different brands (and more to come!) that are participating in awesome Memorial Day furniture sales for you to take advantage of. When it comes to home renovations and revamping your space, things can get expensive pretty quickly so it’s important to save where you can. How shall we Putt this? This Father’s Day, gift your old man the PutterBall Backyard Golf Game Give dad a gift he can sink his teeth into with this Exotic Jerky Bouquet Swing big and surprise Dad with this top-rated golf simulator, on sale for only $180 Pay $160 and get your dad the lifetime of travel he’s always dreamed of
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