Wednesday, September 10, 2008

This is for you Amber

So I always made fun of Amber and her couch. I am so sorry, I will never make fun of your couch again. So here's the story on my couch. When I first moved into my parents old house in 2003 I went to DI (being a poor single mom and all) and bought a white love seat for $15. That was my couch. It worked for the time being. Amber had a lovely blue couch at her house. Amber and I both would try to use blankets and throws in creative ways to make our couches look more appealing. Yes I know LAME!!! Anyways when Davids parents brought a rental truck full of our stuff from St. George here to San Diego they stopped in Vegas and picked up a couch that had been sitting outside at Tasha's house. Now this couch is an ugly purple gray and has no cushions(at least we don't have them). So this couch is now sitting in our living room and till today had been a dumping ground for things I was too lazy to put away. Today I cleaned the couch :) I took everything off the couch and vacuumed it really good. I was gagging and I was vacuuming it. What can I say the couch repulses me. So I cleaned it and then to make cushions I got extra blankets and folded them to fit the couch and then I covered the whole thing with a blanket that my Grandma Beasley made for me. It looks so ghetto. I can't wait for David to come home and see it. I wonder what he will think. As soon as I get a job I WILL be buying a new couch and matching love seat. Enjoy the pictures.


The final effect.
Six layers of blankets to fabricate cushions.


4 comments:

Margie said...

that is awesome!!! something I would have never thought of. too bad your not here we might be getting a new couch. ours is a black swade sectional.

Amberdawn said...

That is so funny!!! I love it! My couch looks like it belongs in the white house compared to yours! Love it! Hey at least it isn't full of bugs.

JenJen said...

It looks better than what I would have done with it. You are doing great Rebecca and I am sure a job will find you soon.

*Aliese* said...

Shoot! I wish I would have known! We've had a matching couch, chaise, and arm chair just sittin' in our garage for MONTHS! Darrin just took them away a few days ago. You totally could have had them!