Sofa CPR

We are NOT gentle on our couch. It was purchased when my 6 year old was an infant and it has endured more abuse than most pieces of furniture will see in their lifetime. It gets jumped on so often that every one of the support beams are actually broken. The springs are legit not even connected to anything anymore.

Not only is this wildly uncomfortable, it also makes it inevitable that any item that goes near the couch will disappear into the deep, dark, recesses of the couch's innards. This is the actual FLOOR you can see when you lift up a cushion. It's not pretty. And it's definitely not comfortable.  

All that is going on structurally, but above ground, it's not better. The cushions have been ripped open SO many times, in SO many different places, stuffing everywhere, and I just keep sewing them back together. 

Ew. Ew ew ew ew.

So, is it time to buy a new couch? It's fair to say we're way past due. Have I been spending hours pouring over pictures of new sofas? Without a doubt. Here's the one I'm pining after: 

It's leather, and soft, and beautiful...and also $3,000. Which, as my husband points out, is not that much less than we've previously spent on cars. My dad notes that we could finance it interest free, and he's not wrong - and then my mom replies, "You know that's not the way she does things!" and she's not wrong either.  And though I know we could prioritize this beautiful thing and use some savings to buy it, there's a little voice in my mind that says not to - because as soon as we do I know the roof will start leaking or the refrigerator will give out and I just feel a bit safer having extra cushion (pun intended, of course) for when that inevitably happens. 

So until the day comes when I feel comfortable letting go of an extra $3,000, we'll make do. I started by wrangling up some spare wood pieces from the basement to stabilize under the cushions. 

Now that we weren't actually sinking into it, and I had sewn up the obvious rips, I just needed a way to cover the entire thing so we weren't constantly losing things into it. Oh, and to cover up how horrendous it looked. 

These couch covers are a far cry from the gorgeous leather sectional I want, but they are covering up a multitude of uglinesses. And for a total project cost of $100, we can let that extra $2,900 sit in our savings account and let our dog roll her furry body all over this couch for a while longer.