Author Topic: Need a couch (Read 2659 times)

MrAngryFace · « **on:** October 15, 2011, 02:09:55 PM »

Ideas?

Reb · « **Reply #1 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:12:40 PM »

Inflatable.

Reb · « **Reply #2 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:13:06 PM »

Craft your own bench from wood.

Reb · « **Reply #3 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:13:14 PM »

Ikea.

Reb · « **Reply #4 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:13:34 PM »

Couch/pull out bed.

Reb · « **Reply #5 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:13:52 PM »

Local junk jard.

Mupepe · « **Reply #6 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:14:04 PM »

bean bag

Mupepe · « **Reply #7 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:14:14 PM »

I've got a bean bag for you

Reb · « **Reply #8 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:14:33 PM »

Tape chairs together.

Mupepe · « **Reply #9 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:14:42 PM »

Vinyl imitation leather

Mupepe · « **Reply #10 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:14:53 PM »

Don't sleep shirtless on it

Reb · « **Reply #11 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:15:55 PM »

See which family members are likely to die first and start dropping hints.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #12 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:16:03 PM »

Quote from: Rebiak on October 15, 2011, 02:14:33 PM

Tape chairs together.

best one yet

Mupepe · « **Reply #13 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:19:45 PM »

You could always stack up a few mattresses against a wall.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #14 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:48:27 PM »

New apartment + current couch = disaster?

I went to a local Ashley furniture overstock warehouse and ended up picking up a nice couch that was normally $3500 for $990 last year. It all depends on how you want your living room to be spaced out. I like couch's with the fainting couch built into one of the corners make's having guests over a breeze.

T234 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:51:37 PM »

IT'S THE HIDE OFF OF A NAUGA

Mupepe · « **Reply #16 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:52:00 PM »

I've had bad experiences with Ashley furniture. Bleh. The couch I bought from them was cheap crap. It fell apart so quickly. Never again. I discovered furniture really is one of those items where you get what you pay for.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #17 on:** October 15, 2011, 02:58:39 PM »

Very true you get what you pay for. I bought a couch a year and half ago that I thought would be great. It was a bonded leather with built in fainting couch. Piece of shit micro suede fell apart in less than 2 months time.

I returned it and got a nice upholstered one with wood features and have been happy ever since. That first experience (also ashley furniture) really made me learn how to pick something that would last.

MCD · « **Reply #18 on:** October 15, 2011, 03:09:56 PM »

Need a couch? Quit PC gaming.

Narag · « **Reply #19 on:** October 15, 2011, 03:11:58 PM »

Use stacks of books. Rather than a couch fashion a throne.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2011, 03:21:36 PM »

http://www.lovesac.com/

Who doesn't want them some lovesac?

Made by the people behind the Liberator's

Makers of such fine furniture such as this:

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Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2011, 03:45:13 PM »

We got one of our couches at Dania and the other at Macy's. Check em out, MAF.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #22 on:** October 15, 2011, 08:04:59 PM »

if you can, wait until after Black Friday for huge sales

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #23 on:** October 15, 2011, 08:16:54 PM »

Macy's has sales pretty much every month.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2011, 08:39:58 PM »

Im definitely looking to pay for quality- not particle board insanity

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #25 on:** October 15, 2011, 08:42:50 PM »

We got the leather sectional for the basement at Macy's last year, it's awesome. Our upstairs living room couch is a micro fiber one from Dania. Neither are cheap but still affordable.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #26 on:** October 15, 2011, 09:06:19 PM »

ill check both places out- cant buy one till im back from AZ anyway

CrystalGemini · « **Reply #27 on:** October 15, 2011, 09:53:24 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on October 15, 2011, 02:52:00 PM

I've had bad experiences with Ashley furniture. Bleh. The couch I bought from them was cheap crap. It fell apart so quickly. Never again. I discovered furniture really is one of those items where you get what you pay for.

How's the Think chair working out after a few years?

Groogrux · « **Reply #28 on:** October 15, 2011, 10:29:43 PM »

$40 gets you a couch from Goodwill and some cleaning products to sterilize it with

chronovore · « **Reply #29 on:** October 15, 2011, 11:00:07 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on October 15, 2011, 02:09:55 PM

Ikeas?

Fixed

Quote from: Billy Rygar on October 15, 2011, 03:15:13 PM

Good tips on the Survivalist Board:

http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=156912

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Originally Posted by Big Blzn
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Go buy a decent used one and buy a slip cover for it. Your time, mone and headache aren't worth it.
I disagree, this kind of experience can be invaluable. Better to learn now then after TSHTF.

Yeah, because after the food riots start and the oceans have risen 4m to change the shape of the world, you're going to want to make sure your hovel has a well-upholstered couch.

demi · « **Reply #30 on:** October 15, 2011, 11:00:11 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #31 on:** October 15, 2011, 11:02:54 PM »

Quote from: andrwfields on October 15, 2011, 10:29:43 PM

$40 gets you a couch from Goodwill and some cleaning products to sterilize it with

This is pretty much how I've always done it. That and get a couple of sofa covers to rotate in between.

tiesto · « **Reply #32 on:** October 17, 2011, 08:51:17 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on October 15, 2011, 08:42:50 PM

We got the leather sectional for the basement at Macy's last year, it's awesome. Our upstairs living room couch is a micro fiber one from Dania. Neither are cheap but still affordable.

Yeah, there are some really nice couches at Macy's, I'm in the market for a couch now and I've been to various stores... Macy's, Ashley and Lay-Z-Boy had some of the nicest stuff. But I guess according to the 'peps, Ashley isn't worth it.

JC Penney Furniture Store had a smaller selection of couches but some decent-looking stuff too at affordable prices. There's also Raymour and Flanigan, but I don't like the designs of a lot of their couches or furniture. Half the furniture there looks like stuff you'd see at Grandma's house circa 1988.

muckhole · « **Reply #33 on:** October 17, 2011, 08:56:41 AM »

Just get a nice chair. Couches are nothing more than an open invitation to unwanted guests having somewhere to sleep.

Disaster!

Brehvolution · « **Reply #34 on:** October 17, 2011, 08:59:46 AM »

Quote from: T234 on October 15, 2011, 02:51:37 PM

IT'S THE HIDE OFF OF A NAUGA

Mupepe · « **Reply #35 on:** October 17, 2011, 10:30:59 AM »

Quote from: CrystalGemini on October 15, 2011, 09:53:24 PM

Quote from: Mupepe on October 15, 2011, 02:52:00 PM
I've had bad experiences with Ashley furniture. Bleh. The couch I bought from them was cheap crap. It fell apart so quickly. Never again. I discovered furniture really is one of those items where you get what you pay for.

How's the Think chair working out after a few years?

fan fucking tastic

sitting in it right now

Since my old department had paid a pretty penny for it, it was a pain in the ass to get them to let me take it to my new position.

Anyways, I got two new couches over the weekend. Come on, MAF. Pull the trigger. We'll be couch buddies.

CrystalGemini · « **Reply #36 on:** October 18, 2011, 02:51:15 AM »

Quote from: Mupepe on October 17, 2011, 10:30:59 AM

Quote from: CrystalGemini on October 15, 2011, 09:53:24 PM
Quote from: Mupepe on October 15, 2011, 02:52:00 PM
I've had bad experiences with Ashley furniture. Bleh. The couch I bought from them was cheap crap. It fell apart so quickly. Never again. I discovered furniture really is one of those items where you get what you pay for.

How's the Think chair working out after a few years?
fan fucking tastic

sitting in it right now Since my old department had paid a pretty penny for it, it was a pain in the ass to get them to let me take it to my new position.

I'm still blown away at how you got them to buy it for you in the first place! Usually stingy ass corporations require a doctor's note and your soul before they fork one over.

Mupepe · « **Reply #37 on:** October 18, 2011, 10:15:21 AM »

Cool ass managers that also paid my internet and cell phone bill and hey... his phrase exactly: "what the hell, we're already $135,000 over budget"

The company doesn't roll like that anymore though

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #38 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:39:39 AM »

My new place is badass- have to look for a couch once im back from AZ- not enough time to make a good effort finding something I REALLY want. Totally getting a couch though- nothing says 'im not going to become a creepy old man' like a couch.

Mupepe · « **Reply #39 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:44:57 AM »

lawn chairs in the living room will do fine for when you invite the neighborhood kids over for hot cocoa

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #40 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:49:53 AM »

I need to put a pair of binoculars on every window sill just to make people wonder

Mupepe · « **Reply #41 on:** October 18, 2011, 11:58:07 AM »

If this was a Hey Arnold episode you'd just turn out to be a quirky bird watcher who is misunderstood by the neighborhood.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #42 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:04:02 PM »

I still dont know what kinda couch im getting, thinking some kind of durable fabric cause of cat

Mupepe · « **Reply #43 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:06:04 PM »

we got microfiber. I don't know how durable it is but now I have to be strict about keeping the dogs off

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #44 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:07:57 PM »

cat doesnt scratch at shit anymore but the claws are still there and still have the potential to snag. I've given up trying to keep the cat off things- mostly because I cant enforce it for 8-10 hours of the day so its kinda one of those 'only doesnt do it when im around' situations

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #45 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:18:01 PM »

Our cat peed on the microfiber couch twice when we moved. Cleaned up really well.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #46 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:24:26 PM »

my cats good bout pee- just wondering about clawz

Barry Egan · « **Reply #47 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:36:59 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #48 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:47:09 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on October 18, 2011, 11:39:39 AM

My new place is badass- have to look for a couch once im back from AZ- not enough time to make a good effort finding something I REALLY want. Totally getting a couch though- nothing says 'im not going to become a creepy old man' like a couch.

I hate to break it to you but I own two couches.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #49 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:51:30 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on October 18, 2011, 12:24:26 PM

my cats good bout pee- just wondering about clawz

So is ours, this was more vindictive "you threw me in a car and drove me across town to a new place" pee.

She doesn't have front claws and I keep her back ones trimmed, never had any real problems with her punching holes in it.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #50 on:** October 18, 2011, 01:02:27 PM »

Yeah mine still has fronts- and aside from me clipping them with nail clippers once in a while digging into things cant really be helped. Cat was all weird most of yesterday but seems used to the new place.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #51 on:** October 18, 2011, 01:02:49 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on October 18, 2011, 12:47:09 PM

Quote from: MrAngryFace on October 18, 2011, 11:39:39 AM
My new place is badass- have to look for a couch once im back from AZ- not enough time to make a good effort finding something I REALLY want. Totally getting a couch though- nothing says 'im not going to become a creepy old man' like a couch.

I hate to break it to you but I own two couches.

Fuuuuuuuuuuu

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Author Topic: Need a couch (Read 2659 times)