Sofa Dreaming

This is what our sofa currently looks like:




In case you didn't notice:



Lovely, I know. I'm trying not to be too bothered about it considering, like Martha said yesterday, that there are people in the world who don't even have a house to live in.

But nonetheless, it has got me dreaming of sofas. Justin's mom's cousin (or something like that) has a business selling leather restoration kits. I wrote her to see what it would cost to restore ours and she said that what we'd have to do is remove the cushion that is ripped, have them put on a whole new cushion and then restore the rest of the leather to match the new cushion. We'd also eventually have to have several of the other cushions on the couch and love seat replaced since they are so worn and will probably rip soon as well. Bummer.

I've always loved our couch and love seat. We got them for a super good deal at one of those stores that sells Costco returns and overstocks. Sometimes I feel like they're a little dark and heavy looking but for the most part I really like them. Not to mention that the leather has made cleaning spit-up, puke, poo, pee, you-name-it when you have small children - a breeze. I highly recommend leather. But now, now that we have beautiful Bedford Gray walls and a whole new living room arrangement (pictures to come soon) I am dreaming of couches like these: (I've only listed the affordable ones here.... a $3000 couch is not in my future anytime soon. I'm not sure I would want it to ever be in my future, actually)

Carmen Sofa - Pier 1


Morgan Sofa - Cost Plus World Market



Lenny Sofa in Granite - Macy's


Martha Stewart Tufted Sofa -Macy's

Of course, my favorite one is the Martha Stewart one. But it is about 4 times the price of what it what it would cost to replace the cushion rather than twice the price. What do you think?

I should also note here that Justin and I have not agreed to either a) buy a new sofa or b) even think about paying to repair the old one. What we have discussed is taking some gorilla glue and putting a big old patch over the hole in the current one. But like I said.... dreaming....