We drove down to Secaucus, NJ yesterday to look at sofas at the DWR Annex. We weren’t really planning on buying one there, we just wanted to sit in a few to try them out, figuring we would just order one when we were ready. Somehow it was a sunny day and we felt more like a drive to NJ than a train ride to NYC.
We ended up buying one of the twilight sofas that was on the floor anyway. It will be delivered on Wednesday.
It fits the modern look that we prefer, and G really wanted something like a futon for his office, but what we saw at our local "futon store" were very uninspiring. We also both find it quite comfortable, as a sofa and as a bed.
Of course the one we bought was heavily discounted: we paid half of the listed price because there were some scratches on two of the legs, which doesn’t bother us, and some staining on the upper cushion. There is only one discreet stain that is visible when in sofa mode, and when it is taken apart and used as a bed we figure we will have sheets on it anyway. Besides the covers are simple boxes with zippers that I could easily replace should we ever wish to do so.
This means that there is more moving of things that needs to be done before the sofa arrives but it is manageable. We moved the old "bed" out. It was really just a mattress on plywood and cinder blocks. That is being listed on our local freecycle site. We also moved in a contemporary Formica covered wooden dining table that has just been used a junk repository for a few years. This will be G’s new desk with a pull out cart underneath for storage. The cart has been recycled from his old office.
The books that are currently in that room have to go out so that we can move G’s stereo and his books and journals in. Some things will be eliminated as well. I think we have agreed that the collection of 30 years worth of Scientific American magazines takes up valuable shelf space and neither one of us really refers to the old issues. I used to refer back to previous articles when I was reading the magazine, but haven’t done so for years. G just confessed that he doesn’t read it all anymore. Perhaps it is time for a digital subscription next time around.