This is the OLD sofa – the one that lived here when I moved in. It was incredibly rump-sprung, and the lounge part specialized in swallowing up whoever had the audacity to try to sprawl there. I have to admit that I kind of miss it in a way, in that I had figured out a way to push my feet against the end to work my way up to a lounging position, and then managed to get out of it again without having to call a crane to haul me out. It also had completely sagging arms, which cleverly allowed me to keep my water bottle, glasses, book, phone, kleenex, etc. right there handy.
The sofa company said they didn’t remove the old furniture, so we had to find some people who would come and take the old sofa away. The time they could do it was 6 days ago. Hahahahahaha! It’s amazing how you build habits quickly. I made up for NOT having the sofa to sprawl on by making my way around the room from my art alcove on the left of the photo, to the dining area, to my computer chair, to the bed and back again. It sure gave me lots of space for my yoga stretches in the evenings!
Here is my beautiful new sofa. It’s firm, with great support. I’ve already nodded off while ‘testing’ it. I THOUGHT about getting a small, low table to fit in the niche made between the lounge part and the sofa part to hold all the goodies I used to put in the sagging arms of the old sofa. When I got on the lounge part, though, the table would be a bit far to reach without sitting up – a ‘no-no’ for a lounge potato like me, and it also made me play ‘inch-worm’ either getting onto the lounge or getting back out of it.
Now we’re thinking a teak tray or something similar, maybe with cushioning on the bottom to protect the sofa (as it sits on the regular sofa part beside me) will meet these needs.
I saved two old pillows from my old sofa to use with my new one because, I can NEVER have too many pillows when I’m sprawling. I also have the wonderful blanket that Brian got me soon after we got to the air bnb because I exclaimed about the one we had on one of the first class flights to our new country. Sprawled out, pillowed, on my new, firm sofa under my extremely cuddly blanket will be one of my favorite spots in my condo!
Me – spoiled – Oh, YES! 😇
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So beautiful your New sofa ❤️. Nice colour choice. Beautiful looking room.
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Thanks so much, Raj. I am glad you like it.
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Most welcome ,Linda 😄
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Oh that’s sweet! It looks like it matches the dining chairs? I’d nix the old pillows though.
I’m thrilled that you feel spoiled (in a fun way)!
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I hear you on the pillows, but I need to get new ones first😊
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Yes, that’s true! Haha! I imagine you’ll find some with lots of wonderful colors and designs there, Linda.
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In the meantime, Brian gave me one this evening to tide me over
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looks great but for your yoga I would pull the carpet out a bit. For one it adds color and two you can do your yoga on it with room to spear. Move it just under 1 foot of the couch. See if that works.
Patty Tait
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Thanks for the good suggestion!☺️
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FYI Linda, my new crossbody bag arrived today from Chiang Mai!
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Wow. It is spectacular! I hope you get many years of enjoyment from it 😀
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I think I will, Linda. I am so impressed with the work the ladies put into this bag! I may order something else from them at some point. They did send me a 10% off coupon.
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Wonderful!
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Thanks, also, for the link to Richard’s work. I subscribed and will check it out. AND thanks for the link to my blog you included.
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Sure thing, Linda. Yes, we both appreciate you!
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You are a good friend and sister
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