we found a couch!

Yes, we finally found a couch today! After shopping for a couch for several weeks, we finally found one that fit all of our criteria. We had found a very similar couch at a different store that we loved, but it just wasn’t long enough. So we kept searching and were thinking about settling for something less than perfect when we found this couch.

So a little about the couch… It is 91″ long from end to end, so it is long enough for Ben or I to take a nap on or just lay and read. That was a really big selling point for us, since a lot of the couches we found were a lot shorter than that. The floor model of the couch had a microfiber material on it (in brown no less, icky!), and we didn’t really want a microfiber material. So the salesperson gave us probably around 100 swatches of fabric to look at in a variety of colors and types of materials. We picked a tan/neutral color, that was the same color as the couch we had really liked but was too short. (I thought about red, since I really like red couches. However, I just didn’t feel brave enough to get it in red without first seeing the whole couch in that color. Red fabrics can tend to look totally different when covering a whole couch, than it looks just on a pillow or swatch. Maybe someday:) It was also in a polyester/cotton blend material, which we really liked the feel of better than microfiber or pure cotton. We had the option of getting the throw pillows that it comes with in a different color than the couch (for the same price), but I decided to just go with the same color as the couch and I can add my own throw pillows in different colors after I finish taking my sewing class.

The only downside to the whole thing… We have to wait 8-10 weeks to get it. Since it was a special order, they don’t have any sitting in a warehouse. Oh well, it is worth the wait for the perfect couch.

I found a picture of what I think is the same couch (although I am not totally positive). Ignore the purple fabric and imagine it in a tan color. The picture and the look of two cushions makes it look short, but it is actually really on the long side. I personally really like the look of just two cushions versus three. As soon as we get the couch, I will definitely post some pictures of it sitting in our living room so you can see how it looks.