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Nov. 28th, 2008 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckThe longer we have our new couch, the less I like it. Scott and Cordelia both think it's great, but I'm not finding it comfortable to sit on. I'm actually seriously thinking of asking Scott to return the two modules that we haven't opened yet. We're stuck with the two we've already set up as we no longer have the packing material.
The problem is that the cushions compress rapidly-- A few hours of sitting is enough to make a permanent dent. The dent slants toward the front and makes me feel like I'm about to be dumped onto the floor. I can't move back because the cushion rises abruptly behind me and because my legs aren't long enough between hip and knee, especially if I want to be able to put my feet on the floor. Cordelia sitting next to me makes the about to fall sensation worse. I don't want her not to snuggle up, but this is making her snuggling feel terrifying which, in turn, makes me want nothing but for her to move away from me.
When I've hinted at these issues, Scott's been dismissive. I think that I'm not expressing it well, but I also think that some of it is that we have the couch here in the garage. Taking it back would require getting a truck and entail huge amounts of hassle. It would also wreck his hopes for the living room.
I'm just not comfortable with it. I didn't expect it to be this bad, but it really is. ::sighs:: The color of the couch is less awful than I expected, at least. The black is richer and less dusty. I wish that helped. I'd rather have it be ugly and comfortable.
These issues are the sort of thing that only becomes obvious after one's sat on a couch for a few hours at a time, repeatedly. There's no way we could have known from sitting on the display model for fifteen minutes that these issues would occur.
At any rate, I highly dis-recommend IKEA's Tylosand couches. They're modular and flexible for arranging, but they're not pleasant to sit on for long periods.
The problem is that the cushions compress rapidly-- A few hours of sitting is enough to make a permanent dent. The dent slants toward the front and makes me feel like I'm about to be dumped onto the floor. I can't move back because the cushion rises abruptly behind me and because my legs aren't long enough between hip and knee, especially if I want to be able to put my feet on the floor. Cordelia sitting next to me makes the about to fall sensation worse. I don't want her not to snuggle up, but this is making her snuggling feel terrifying which, in turn, makes me want nothing but for her to move away from me.
When I've hinted at these issues, Scott's been dismissive. I think that I'm not expressing it well, but I also think that some of it is that we have the couch here in the garage. Taking it back would require getting a truck and entail huge amounts of hassle. It would also wreck his hopes for the living room.
I'm just not comfortable with it. I didn't expect it to be this bad, but it really is. ::sighs:: The color of the couch is less awful than I expected, at least. The black is richer and less dusty. I wish that helped. I'd rather have it be ugly and comfortable.
These issues are the sort of thing that only becomes obvious after one's sat on a couch for a few hours at a time, repeatedly. There's no way we could have known from sitting on the display model for fifteen minutes that these issues would occur.
At any rate, I highly dis-recommend IKEA's Tylosand couches. They're modular and flexible for arranging, but they're not pleasant to sit on for long periods.
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Date: 2008-11-29 03:25 am (UTC)Scott's grumbling about how the configuration we're using now (the one more comfortable for me) looks weird, but it's much better for me. I think this way is the only way for me to be able to sit here. Scott won't be comfortable sitting next to me.
::laughs:: I guess we should have considered the height difference before we married. It keeps making furniture difficult.
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Date: 2008-11-29 03:21 pm (UTC)OTOH, I have a husband who is just a bit shorter than me. Most of the time I don't care, but on the rare occasion I wear heels I feel like I tower over him.
Which probably means, since I think M got my family's tall genes (dad = 6'4" I think; two of my sisters are 5'10" and 6'), M will tower over him more than I do at some point.
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Date: 2008-11-30 05:33 pm (UTC)I've wondered how tall Cordelia will end up being. All the women in my family are short, no more than an inch taller than I am at most, but most everybody in Scott's family is taller. I'd rather see her taller than me as it's pretty inconvenient to be shorter than average.