Having to do some HOMEWORK on what to look for in a good sturdy sofa that will last for more than a month or so. Ha. Well...I'd like to get a very sturdy, but beautiful sofa that's functional as well as nice to look at and will hold up for at least a dozen years.
How long can one go with one sofa in the HOME that one doesn't get bored with or want a change? Depending on your personality?
Shouldn't we look for structural strength? Wanting good BONES to hold up.
We have been taking a look at what is out there in furniture stores to actually sit on and see first hand what a nice sofa looks like and how it is constructed. I have to take my time looking as I get a bit tired. AND when shopping for a piece of furniture that you will not be buying everyday, you had better make sure that you like what you're getting. This special piece of furniture will need to be a good fit for your HOME.
Do you often change how you feel about a room or can furniture be in the family for long lengths of time? From personal experience, I know that I need furniture that last a lifetime due to usage and finances.
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| Living space, dining, kitchen, sleeping, office. All in a tiny space. |
We have had our Ethan Allen sofa and wing chairs over 16 years. I was hoping to get at least 20 years out of them or maybe longer. Using them for everyday life I knew that they would start breaking down compared to how they had been strictly used as PARLOUR FURNITURE that was rarely used except for special times. When we switched rooms around, I had plans to relocate the FORMAL furniture upstairs and use our FAMILY FURNITURE that was in our original family room that would be moved to the front of the house where the formal parlor was.
I was working at making a more casual HOME. After we combined the two rooms, the formal parlor and the family room, in which we started using the family room furniture in the parlor, I had a change of heart and wanted my green parlor furniture used instead of the overstuffed brown corduroy. I sold the two love seats. Miss them, but thought it would be for the best to turn loose of them. So that's what we did.
I LOVED IT. Loved it. We had our two large wing chairs facing the entertainment center that the tv sat on with the sofa on the side sitting there for additional seating incase company came. We enjoyed this arrangement for a couple of months. ENJOYED watching PBS Poldark in our comfy chairs.
Then we did what I couldn't hardly believe. WE MOVED INTO A TINY COTTAGE which I call Retirement Cottage. I'll explain later why we did this before my dear sweet husband retired as I get use to having moved.
It's been a experience.
I know that HOME is where you hang your hat. I need to buy a bigger hat to wear as I go shopping for a sofa for our new living room that is very, very small. Still shopping for a good sofa, divan, coach, davenport, settee. What do you call it?
According to Jeremy Miller, Davenport was the name of a series of sofas made by the Massachusetts furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company, now defunct. Due to the popularity of the furniture at the time, the name davenport became a genericized trademark.
WHAT DO YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN SHOPPING FOR FURNITURE? Expense, quality, name brand, American made, sturdiness, construction, appeal, design, color, texture, fabric, size?
I may be looking for Mister Good Sofa for awhile,
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King James Bible
PSALM 6:6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
JOB 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
