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why am i constantly looking for something every place other than where i know it can be found?

impulse. dutchness.

ok, so thanks to all for the fabulous advice. however, i am afraid that you have wasted your breath. or your finger energies, i should say (though technically, i think most of you can breathe and type at the same time... save a select few).

first, let me excuse myself. the truth is, i have been agonizing over my couch-cision for a good three months. no word of a lie. i just counted, and i literally have 12 pictures in my blackberry of assorted couches i have viewed in the past months that i was sure were THE ONE... until i got up the next day. this obsession, this illness even, escalated to the case where last friday i literally left a friend waiting for me at a pub for 20 minutes because i had quickly popped into the furniture store directly next door to it and had been caught up by this woman who kept throwing fabric swatches at me because i couldn't find the exact right shade of gray. when i finally arrived for drinks, i may not have been completely forth-coming, and instead made some excuse about being "caught up." illness, i tell ya (thank goodness said friend doesn't read this blog!).

so against the most recent gut-wrenching couch-cision paralysis last night, i peeked onto craigslist, thinking maybe the perfect sofa was somehow right there....and......



.... it wasn't. but this one was. one-year-old, clean and good condition, and selling for $200...

and i just bought it. all white, slip-covery, curved-army, gloriously sorta gross ikeaness of it.

and i don't regret it... instantly my frantic couch-searching days are over. and, with the savings of at least $600, i can now begin the quest for the most bomb-ass-tastic accent chair the world has ever known...

..and of course. the perfect throw pillows (ulcer.)

help (part deux)

so i need help choosing a sofa. i think i have narrowed it down to two. also, the price on one of them is only valid until wednesday, so urgent feedback welcomed.

first, my new space. my new apartment is currently that off-whitey colour that all rental places are, with white built in bookshelves and window frames and sills. i think i will paint it, depending on my sofa choice, my energy level, and if i can find the perfect shade of greige (suggestions on this also welcome). in addition, it has a mantle and faux fireplace in some old, light-coloured wood that i am not allowed to paint white because it is "original from 1920", so that's dumb. also, it is small, with the living room only 9X14.

now the sofas. Contender 1

From: The Bay
Price: $679 if I sign up for an HBC credit card, which is lame, but I will have and never use. $800ish if I don't.
length: 76 inches
colour: "stone" but actually a beigey yellowy greeny, as indicated by the tip of the arrow.
pros: i sat on it and it's comfy. tufting = cute, though maybe more "retro" than "classic"
cons: might be a hard colour to match. also, not quite long enough to guaruntee house guests could sleep on it.

Contender 2:
From: Ikea
Price: $799
length: 80 inches
colour: ulevi gray
pros: colour - i heart gray. also, long enough to sleep on. tufting = tres cute
cons: can only order online, so i can't sit on it or see it in person. (however, I have sat on other karlstad sofas and they are pretty comfortable.) ugly birch legs

thoughts? or should i just totally cheap out and get the non-tufted (599 one?) http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/60184992

help help help.

lisa

help!

i need need need need to find a couch like the gray one in this picture. Any leads?

i just got punched in the throat by my emotions.

yet oddly, it didn't hurt as much as i thought it would.

life goes on.