How I chose the couch

Just a few words on the couch. Back when I signed the contract and paid out my first chunk of the down payment, my mind immediately started churning out ideas with regard to how I wanted the place to look. For a couch, my mind immediately gravitated toward having a sectional sofa. I even wrote about wanting one about two years ago. Why did I want one? The plain and simple reason was that I enjoyed the idea of having a corner of sorts to curl up in when I wanted a nap. A lot of people kind of scoffed at the idea saying that I basically wouldn’t have the room for it. So, ultimately I just put the thought on the back burner for a long time.

Fast forward now to August 2009. I ventured into Leon’s just with the intent of looking around to see if there was anything that caught my eye. I was helped out by this friendly sales lady who really seemed to have a decent handle on what all the trends are for today’s youth (yeah, I fall under that category, I guess). I told her that I was interested in having a sectional so she showed me the fabric options. They were all kind of large, and really I wasn’t feeling entirely enthused about any of the options. That’s when she convinced me that a sofa would probably be more appropriate. So, we started looking around at those options, but again I didn’t feel that any of the sofas really fit what I had in mind. That’s when I asked to see leather options.

Now, I wasn’t planning on going the leather route at all. When I thought of leather furniture, I always imagined the big puffy things that you tend to sink into. I also imagined that on sweaty days I’d have to peel myself off the couch. Was all kind of gross if you asked me. Well, when she took me over she showed me a nice mini chocolate brown sofa. Well, I sat on it but wasn’t completely sold on it. Then again, compared to all of the fabric couches that one was leaps ahead of the others. I eventually decided to go with that one.

So, afterwards the sales lady started taking me to other parts of the store to see what else she could show me. Just as a matter of circumstance, we ended up in one of the back areas of the store where the decor seemed to be very sleek and contemporary. I ended up seeing a black leather sectional and immediately fell in love with it. It was low slung, relaxing, and taut. It pretty much shattered any conceptions I had about leather furniture; the darn thing was just really comfortable! It just so happened too that its dimensions just fit nicely into the scheme of things. I asked about it and the sales lady said that she was going to show it to me but thought that it might cost a bit more than what I was looking for. Fine. This couch was probably $1000+ over the chocolate brown sofa. I replied, “yeah…I’m not made of money.”

And that was that. Or, at least, that would have been the end of it. As we kept going around the store I kept thinking about the couch. I knew that I’d be taking advantage of the 18 month promotion that they had anyway. Eventually I decided that this would be my splurge item so I made the switch. And that’s that.

As I type this, I’m reclined on the couch tapping away at the laptop. I took a picture of the couch the other day. I’m posting it here in this entry. Please ignore the socks in the picture. Despite how it looks, the couch isn’t a behemoth at all. It really is just enough for a guy like me, you know. I’m happy with this piece of furniture. Yes, I am.

Possibly related posts:

1. The comfortable couch
2. Couch is not a bed
3. The red side of the couch