A Tale of Two Sofas
I tend to have a huge problem when I visit my favorite thrift stores. I normally fall in love very quickly with a piece of a furniture and wander the rest of the store trying to figure out how I can come home with a certain piece. It’s almost as if I know I love the piece so much that no one else will love it as much as me so it needs to come home with me even though I don’t have space for it.
Last October such a situation arose and after some arm twisting Jon decided it was a good decision to bring a vintage sofa home as well.
Over the weekend while we were cleaning up the yard we also cleaned up the garage where my beautiful vintage sofa was careful wrapped and stored. Well even though we completely covered it movers stretch plastic wrap it was getting a bit of wear from being in a garage and not a living room.
So now I’m faced with a mother’s most difficult decision. Do I let it go and sell it to someone who will love it as much as me OR do I move around some furniture in my house and make room for it?
I have this beautiful settee in my office:
But the vintage sofa would also fit into this space and work with everything else in the room. In this case I would need to move my settee to either my living room for a bit or have it hang out in my parents house until we get a bigger home (to store more furniture in 🙂 )
Ah what to do? Thoughts? Would you keep it and make it work or be a grown up and part with it?
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
What a conundrum…I vote to somehow make both work in your home. They are both just too pretty to part with!
You totally have to make it work! Otherwise if you can get it to the Ames Iowa’s thrift store I’d be all over it!
Gotta make it work, it is fabulous!
Megan
I think if it’s a piece you absolutely love, you have to make it work. No question.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT- seriously…one of the most fabulous pieces of furniture I’ve seen in a loooong time.
I love the sofa, but my mother always said getting rid of something (you’re not using anyway) leaves room for something new 🙂
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I’ll buy it, I’ll buy it! Seriously you would have had to fight ME for that sofa at the thrift store 😉 It is gorgeous, you have to keep it and make it work somewhere!
Keep it! You’re regret parting with that pretty lady FOREVER! Scooch things around and bring her in!
I feel your pain!! My mom and I just brought home an antique desk from a thrift store that neither one of us have room for…..yet.
I’m going to tell you to get rid of it, because you should probably let me buy it? It’s GORGEOUS!
I am SO not the person to ask because I am destined for a starring role on Hoarders. I have a real issue letting go of stuff I find and love…even if I buy it with the intention of re-selling it. Needless to say, that couch is a gem and I think you should re-work whatever you need to to keep it!
I say keep it – it’s gorgeous! I love changing things up and moving things around – maybe you would love the settee in your living room for a change?!!
I have the same problem with Wingbacks! I collect them like a little girl collects dolls. At one point my sweet, darling, and normally patient man put his foot down and said ‘no more’. I am finally getting them reupholstered to either keep somewhere in my home, or to sell in my store.
So you can guess what my suggestion would be – put the vintage sofa in your office, and either find another home for your settee (which is darling, by the way!) in your house or see if mom and dad will babysit it for you until you can either get a bigger house, or find a place for it. It’s so hard to find such great pieces that I feel if you find one, you just can’t let it go! Or at least, not let it go without trying every option to keep it first. 🙂
Good luck!
Keep it! It’s adorable. : )
Here’s my two cents, for what it is worth. About 10 years ago, my mother in law got rid of her sofa because she didn’t want to spend the money to recover it. BIG mistake. She started shopping for a new one after she got rid of the first one and ran into this problem…nothing fit the space like she had. The original sofa was the right length (it was really long), it was the right arm style, the cushion style she liked (unfixed…able to be flipped to any location on the sofa to prevent wear). I have heard about her love for that sofa ever since. She settled. So if this would be settling for you…don’t do it. If it’s not that big of a deal stick a for sale sign on it and make your self a profit. : )
You should probably just give it to a lucky reader 🙂
I would keep it. I’ve bought the same sofa twice because I love it so much. The latest version is currently in use, but desperately needs to receive a makeover. It will be with us for a long time.
KEEP! Especially if you can make it work in the office. It’s an amazing piece and would be hard to find again!
well – problem solved! This mother will take it off your hands…..hehe! KGx
I, too, am a furniture (hoarder)/currator:-) I dunno about your sofa, but I have two buffets in my dining room and two bar carts in there, too. I also took booth space to combat the problem…. but you will regret selling either one of those sofas. Keep em, store em, visit with the orphaned one often:-)
I am a notorious purger and work as an Professional Stager & Organizer who is normally pushing people to get rid of things, but….
that couch is too nice to get rid of. Find a place for it.
Make it work! It’s too lovely to pass on just yet.
I love the vintage sofa! I think it looks more interesting than the other one. If you can’t make both work, I would keep that one. Or switch them and store the newer one for awhile and see how you feel. I wish I had room for that sofa in my house. Actually, I might, so let me know if you want to sell!
Its too pretty to get rid of. I’d keep it.