Since I got my office back (it was a bedroom from February to July) and have been working from home more, I thought it would be nice to add some extra seating to have some company. (And to save heating two separate rooms.) Although we have three sofas, my wife didn't want to shift any of them, so I started looking on Trademe, the NZ equivalent of eBay.
At first I was looking for a Lazyboy but we both agreed they were hideous. We did look at some smaller recliners, but they weren't very sturdy. (I also looked at some really cool designs, but they were way, way out of our budget.)
So I focused on two-seater sofas, and I finally found a black leather one that looked perfect. I paid NZ $150 and drove 40 minutes to collect it. It was deeper than expected, and about half an inch too wide to fit in the car but we were able to get it on the roof and bring it home.
That's when I found it was *much* deeper than expected, and I could barely move my chair without bumping it! My wife also didn't find it very comfortable, so "papa sofa" needed to go.
I had also been watching a blue sofa on Trademe that was advertised as a "Small 2 seater couch. Ideal for bedroom or study." It had only gotten one bid so I put in a cheeky bid of $1.50 and won! We picked it up and put it in the office and it was the perfect size, but there was a wooden bar that made it impossible to lie down on, so "baby sofa" needed to go.
I relisted both of these on Trademe and in a few days I'd sold baby sofa for $30, a $28 profit, and papa sofa for $127, a $26 loss.
Then another sofa appeared on Trademe that was described as a two-seater sofa in near-new condition. It wasn't as deep as Papa Sofa so I bought it for $200. When we went to collect it, we found it was a full-size sofa! (You could probably sit four people on it.) However, it still fit in the room and looks good, so "Mama Sofa" is staying. 😀
