Last week Ariel decided that he could no longer tolerate our half mangled Ikea couch. It did not stand up well to our children...since we have less than no money due to our adoption, he somehow had to come up with a new couch that cost very, very little - but was still better than what we have. This led us to Craig's list and a near miss of my dream couch; a red Pottery Barn sectional for 200$. We finally settled on this nice looking big sectional and rented a U-Haul to drive fifty miles to pick it up. After finding out that the rental truck wasn't really 20$, but in fact charged $.60/mile I wasn't super thrilled - I was pretty okay with our decrepit Ektorp.
After going through a seemilngly very long drive to get to the seller's house - I was not going to leave without a new couch. The good news is the couch is in good condition and is a very nice, high end big, comfy couch - the bad news is it is pretty ugly. It has a very weird grey/tan quilty pattern that doesn't match at all with what little aesthetic I have. Combine that with getting lost, almost running out of gas, stopping at a very sketchy gas station, and letting Isaac eat an entire bag of sugared gummy worms - and it made for a VERY memorable evening. But now our new, somewhat ugly, but still very nice couch sits monopolizing our living room. I figure at least I won't feel that bad as our children slowely destroy the couch over the next several years.
Anyone want an Ikea couch for real cheap? Must Pick Up.
After going through a seemilngly very long drive to get to the seller's house - I was not going to leave without a new couch. The good news is the couch is in good condition and is a very nice, high end big, comfy couch - the bad news is it is pretty ugly. It has a very weird grey/tan quilty pattern that doesn't match at all with what little aesthetic I have. Combine that with getting lost, almost running out of gas, stopping at a very sketchy gas station, and letting Isaac eat an entire bag of sugared gummy worms - and it made for a VERY memorable evening. But now our new, somewhat ugly, but still very nice couch sits monopolizing our living room. I figure at least I won't feel that bad as our children slowely destroy the couch over the next several years.
Anyone want an Ikea couch for real cheap? Must Pick Up.
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