I just don’t get it.
Let me explain our furniture situation:
We have one pull-out sofa and one loveseat. The pull-out has mold on the mattress ever since it spent last summer in storage. And let’s not forget it was designed to be in-style in the height of the mustard-yellow, rusty orange, olive-green phase of the 70’s.
The loveseat is extremely comfortable. It is also missing approximately 30% of its fabric. Bright yellow stuffing is popping sporadically through the thinning paisley fabric. Nobody knows this due to the homemade slip cover that I spend most my life rearranging it so that nobody will ever know this.
A friend from Indianapolis recently offered us a matching set of couches that had fallen into her hands. Matching furniture? I thought I would have to wait at least five more years for such a luxury! I even got a picture from her, which confirmed not only that they do, indeed, match, but also have no rips, stains, or mold! Excitedly I proclaim to Josh this good news, expecting a joyous reaction.
And I am met with hesitation. Worse than that. Downright unwillingness to part with our current couches. “What if they’re not as comfortable?”
Um… they have mold. I’ve heard that’s not-so-good for children and infants.
Months later I have finally arranged for the couches to be transported to our apartment. So I put our current couches up on FreeCycle. I told Josh the news this morning, again expecting a good reaction, since that means if I can get someone to take them, then we don’t have to worry about getting rid of them ourselves.
Nope. Still unsure that we are, in fact, getting a better deal with these unmoldy, intact couches.
Sigh. We’ll see tomorrow when he meets them in person if he will be willing to break up with the loves of his living room.
As I said yesterday, this would be my husband’s same reaction. Although I would worry about their comfort I would still be joyous at the thought of unmoldy, unholey, matching couches!! our only livingroom furniture aside from a game chair is our lawn chairs. I think i’d be joyous about a holey couch right now!
Well, you just get yourself a truck and get up here! I’ll give you our holey, moldy couches!
Kyle was like this with a lot of our furniture. He wanted to keep all of his old, broken down, hand me downs that were given to him for his bachelor pad. They are all mid 70s style. We got rid of the couches and coffee tables. We STILL have the kitchen table with semi-broken chairs, and an old rocking chair that he refuses to part with. He ABSOLUTELY won’t part with an old, 70s, LARGE, HEAVY, picture of a ship that I absolutely hate. I am still trying to get rid of it.
Oh yeah, and he also takes up over half of the garage with his broken down 280 ZX. ARGH!
I’ve been in the exact same situation! We had an old, but comfortable, stuffing expelling sofa, and my dear friend offered us her *like new* couch as she was getting a new one. I almost didn’t take it because I thought it was *too nice**! Was I crazy! Just so you feel better the “new” couch is now as bad as the old couch…just give it time! 🙂