Ugly Couch

Our loveseats are in lousy condition. We bought them used about 10 years ago from our doctor's office when they closed and moved to a new building in the next village over. I hate doing schoolwork with the kids in the living room because it's so hard to get up out of the couch. (Notice I did not say "off" the couch. "Out of" is a more appropriate preposition.) We keep clearing and cluttering and re-clearing the table in the breakfast nook because it's so uncomfortable for me to sit on the couch when we do schoolwork.

When hunting for some furniture for Paul's new apartment, I stumbled across a nice little loveseat at Goodwill that sat high. I loved it, but the van was full of Paul's furniture. So I checked back the next day after we'd emptied the van. That pretty little loveseat was gone.

But it made me covet a new couch.

I've been regularly hitting Salvation Army because it's right by the dentist and the orthodontist (where we seem to be regularly these days).

This week I sat on a couch that I'd ignored on previous visits because it's so ugly*. Goodness! That couch feels nice. It sits high. It's the shape we like best. It seems in very good condition. I googled the name-brand, and it appears to be from one of those expensive, well-crafted furniture builders. And it was less than 1/4 of the price of what you can find at the cheap dept stores when the couches are on sale.

So here's the question. It's in the garage right now. It "should" be re-upholstered because it's ugly. I will not get around to re-upholstering. We could buy slip-covers, but right now all my energies are being devoted to editing, and I can't shop for slip-covers. Another possibility is that we could paint the living room. The couch would still be in a fabric I don't care for, but c'mon, a pink/blue/green couch is going to be MEGA-ugly in a living room with burgundy walls!!

If we bring that couch indoors, and if we live with its ugliness for a month, I will have no incentive to fix it. We'll just keep living with it. (I just can't care about "pretty" as a proper woman should.) So do we leave it in the garage? Or do we bring it inside so that I don't have to grunt-like-an-old-person whenever I stand up from having been sitting on the couch?


* Footnote: To be fair, I suppose this couch might look very nice in a room that had pale-rose walls, carpet and chairs and window-treatments to match the different colors in the upholstery. In my living room, however, it will be hideous.