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[semperfiona]

It says something very sad about the state of both my couch and my finances that I was greatly excited on arrival home tonight to find a sofa left out for the bulky trash pickup. I immediately checked it over. I found no obvious faults with it except for one missing leg and a couple of water stains. I dashed inside to call some friends to try and arrange assistance in getting it inside. Neither of the people I called were home, so I went out and dragged it into my garage for safekeeping from both the weather and other potential scavengers. Hopefully tomorrow--or soon anyway--I'll convince someone to help move that one in and my old one out.

It may have been someone's trash, but despite its problems, it's in far better condition than the one I have in the house, which is as old as I am and far more threadbare.

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you should see my garage

[firinel.livejournal.com]

I get excited about those sorts of things too, and I don't think it has any barring on either for me.

It doesn't hurt that I reupholster too. So I can see something and go "ooh! good frame!" and it comes home with me.

[queensheba.livejournal.com]

There's *nothing* wrong with that - you're being resourceful! Think of how much room that sofa would have taken up in a landfill - with practically nothing justifying it being there. With something to replace the missing leg and a nice slipcover, you'll have a great new couch and nobody will ever know.

[semperfiona]

Well, yeah, but my old one is going out to take its place.

Good thing I did put it in the garage, though, it's raining this morning.

[(Anonymous)]

And frequently, a rental steamer can clean up used furniture rather nicely.

Your closing comment did give me a very pleasant mental image of a threadbare (or even simply bare) Fiona.

Congrats on your newfound treasure!
(niemand)

[semperfiona]

::gigglegrin:: You're welcome.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Cool. Nothin' wrong with the source, if it's in good condition and you like it. Remind me to tell you about "The Couch Fiasco" sometime. :-)

How cool for you!

[(Anonymous)]

I love finding good stuff in the trash - I have a pair of velvet chairs, slightly faded, that were left at the curb... and a china cabinet, and a Queen Anne end table, and a cedar chest...

Any time I see something interesting, I stop and check it out.

My SO thinks it is a bad habit, and tries to pretend I am not looking at stuff as we drive by... He is no fun at all.

Djinn/Jenn