Meet My Pre-Owned Furniture: an Ode to Red and Kitty Foreman

I forgot that I was supposed to be taking a picture of the new couch once Mick called Zeus over.

It's big.  It's gold, though it doesn't really look it in this photo.  And it looks better in the evening, lamp light being so much more forgiving.  This is my 70's Show couch, and I love it.  I really do.

"I don't want other people's crap!"  I have heard that refrain from Mick over and over.  What he has had to listen to in return is, "I hate our couch!"  But for the past year he has had to agree with me.  That is because once the fake leather cracked, Sam began to peel our couch like a large, black grape.  And she wouldn't stop.  Every day, every single day, there were bits of black naugahydeto vacuum up.  You'd think the couch (and love seat) would eventually be naked.  I suppose they would have been, but I couldn't wait that long.  And I understand not wanting other people's crap.  For years that is all we had. In Pelican people tend to recycle their furniture.  As a result, one couch may have resided at many different houses, been subjected to many kids, pets, and unimaginable abuse.  We didn't want a couch that smelled like cat pee.

Mick and I now live in the world of the non-profit agency.  I have never met so many hard-working employed people that are so poor.  Luckily, they are all willing to share the ins and outs of living on pennies.  I was complaining about the couch at work one morning and a co-worker said, "Why don't you go look at H2O?"  We also live in an area now that has access, access to all kinds of things.

H2O is another non-profit here in Dallas, Oregon that is a lot like the Salvation Army, but better.  Like Goodwill, but less expensive.  And it's huge.

So I suggested we think about looking there for some new furniture and to my amazement, Mick was all for it.  On a whim, we drove over there an hour before closing.  I was immediately attracted to the huge gold couch.  When I was a kid, it would have been one of many.  Now, it was the sole glowing object in a sea of rejected dusty blue.  It called to me.  

We sat on most of the couches and Mick agreed with me.  It was big.  It was the best.  "But how much is it?" Mick asked.  I pointed at the sticker.  "It's $30."

That raised his eyebrows and I pointed to the love seat behind me.  "And I like this love seat best and it's $25."

With four furry, shedding pets, covering the furniture will still be a necessity.  Yes, I need to clean off the coffee table, what's new?

Mick was delighted.  We both love That 70"s Show.  That must be what it is, what attracted us to the huge gold couch.  Hey, it has a little tufting, too.  I like tufting.

It threatened to rain on the way home.  Of course.  The old couch was a bear to get out of the house, though the love seat was much easier.  I was livid though when I saw the damage those pieces had done.  Folks, they were less than five years old and we'd bought them brand new from Ashley Furniture.  The frame on the couch had broken on the bottom and had torn a hole in our carpet.  The frame on the love seat had broken in the back and gouged deep grooves into the wall behind it.  It was relatively new furniture.  Four years old.  And cracking and peeling like a grape.  What is the deal?  This is a bunch of crap.  Granted, not an expensive set, but this kind of shoddy workmanship ticks me off.

So...a couch and a love seat for $55?  Hell, we'll go to H2O and get "new" ones every year! 
  
  

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