couchaholic

well we all know i like furniture

and changing it...

i thought it would be fun to document allllll the couches we've had in our 5.5 years of marraige

this is the best picture i could find of our first couch

it was a worn leather sofa with nailhead trim we got off craigslist for $100

when we got married

we had it for a year and a half until we decided to move in with michael's brother

so we sold it to my sister for $100 

living with michael's brother didn't go so well for me

so we moved back out after 2 months and didn't have much furniture

since we'd sold it

so michael's aunt gave us this couch and it's matching loveseat for free

after a bit, i wanted something more "me" and gave them away

we bought this retro beauty for...i think $175 on craigslist

and loooooved it other than the cat scratches on each arm...

but since we loved the mid century shape we didn't want rid of it, only the scratches

we first tried repairing them....and spray painted it white

but a couple days later we reupholstered it

we kept it but decided to buy this sectional for the new apartment we were moving in to

i believe it was $400

i liked the shape of the sectional but the microfiber sucked with kids

it showed every milk/water spot so after i couldn't hack that any longer

we cleaned it up and resold it for what we bought it for

and went back to using the couch we'd reupholstered ourselves

 until we found this (pitter patter) gorgeous thing

(and sold our reupholstered couch for $75)

it was 9 feet long and had chartreuse velvet

it was $40 at a garage sale

and they even delivered it

i loved the color, it was comfortable and easy to keep clean

we used it for about 2 years

the only problem was that the couch was old

and the fabric kept coming un-seamed

i  repaired as many times as i could

but it got a little beyond repair

and we gave it away about a year ago

(i totally regret that decision, i wish we'd either tried to reupholster it ourselves or paid to have it done)

and found this leather ikea ektorp 

on craigslist for maybe $400

and have used it until this last week

 when i found this west elm slipcovered sofa for $150 on ksl (utah's craigslist)

and we sold the leather ikea couch for $275

man, looking back at all our couches has made me feel a little neurotic

but since we usually make most (if not all) of our money back

i don't feel too bad about it

you may be wondering how our 4 kids are doing with our white couch

and the answer is great! 

as much as i try to fight it, i hate the color brown and it brings me down

  love bright spaces

so this couch is really doing it for me

the kids are being really respectful of the white-ness

and it is soooo much more comfortable than the leather ikea ektorp

plus, the pillows look really pretty on it 

ps. i acknowledge my husband is super easy-going

and i may have a problem...