Living Room Drama

Hello my friends.

As most of you know I have been struggling with trying to make my very small square living room serve both as a living room and also a dining area.  It has been a real learning curve on what will work.

This was my living room dining room set up.   Loveseat facing the TV and a comfy chair in the corner for reading.   Terry's recliner off to the left corner of this room facing the TV over the mantel.

 I was on FB Marketplace and I found a Pottery Barn Comfort Slipcovered sectional up for sale.  It had a brown slipcover on it but I knew I could reach out to Lisa from Fabric 8 Slipcovers and she could work with me to make a new slipcover.  I have used Lisa's services for slipcovers for many of my past furniture pieces.

I love working with her.  She has sewing magic.

This is the Pottery Barn Comfort Slipcovered Sectional like the one I found on FB Marketplace.  Pottery Barn is one of the few companies that make sectionals that have the one seat on the one side.
This is what the FB Marketplace person was selling but with a dark brown espresso colored cover.

Drama Story Below!

I was very excited to see this $4000 sectional that was only a few years old up for sale for $400.  I jumped on it and the lady said yes she would sell me the sectional.  I told her that I would have to sell my living room set to make room for the sectional.  This was on Friday and she said no problem.

I have been selling my white cottage pieces in storage that do not fit in my new house on FB Marketplace. 

I have a very nice clientele and one of the ladies that buys from me said if I ever sell my RA loveseat she wanted me to let her know.  

I contacted her and she said she would buy both the loveseat and the chair.  She told me she would be able to pick them up on Sunday.

I contacted the lady selling the PB sectional to me and told her that the person buying my furniture was picking it up on Sunday and I would like to come get the sectional after they pick up my furniture.  She said yes and said she would get back to me with a time to come on Sunday.

I was so excited and contacted Lisa to start getting a quote about making a slipcover for this new sectional.

Sunday came and I had been trying to get a hold of the lady selling me her sectional and she was ignoring me.  I began to get a very bad feeling about this.  

I did not hear from her all day on Sunday as my living room was empty with no furniture and my pretty RA Loveseat was now gone. 

 Finally at 7pm on that Sunday night the seller contacted me and told me sorry but I cannot sell you the sectional until I know the new furniture I am buying will fit through my door.  WHAT?!!! 

You told me I could come and pick this up on Sunday.  You did not say anything about not selling it to me until you knew if your new furniture would fit!  

She knew I sold my furniture and would have no furniture.  Now you are telling me this.  

I had a melt down and Terry told me to hang in there that once the furniture company comes out to measure her doorway she will find out the new stuff she bought will fit.  Most furniture companies do not make furniture that cannot fit through the doors of homes.

I was so beside myself that I sold my fave loveseat and chair and now had nothing.  

I began to search frantically for something else.  No other PB or sectionals for that matter with the one seat side were out there anywhere!  

I was not going to go to PB and order a new $4,000 sectional and wait 6 to 8 weeks for delivery with no furniture in my living room.  I was in full panic mode.

 I said to myself pull it together and have a plan B just in case this women's new furniture does not fit and she keeps her sectional she sold to me.  

Then I said to myself ok what is the plan B going to be?!!!!!

 I came across this sofa with a chaise on Hookedonhouses.net and pinterest of the Ikea Ektrop sofa and chaise.  I thought maybe a chaise instead of a one chair seat sectional would work and feel bigger in my living room.

Here is how she dressed it up in her sunroom.  She used green and yellow and I said hmmmm I could do my blue and white for my living room.
Off to Ikea I went to find this sofa chaise and lay on it and sit all over it for comfort evaluation.
I also had picked out a couple of sofa chaises at a furniture store.  If I chose one of those I figured Lisa could make a slipcover of one of them if the Ikea was not comfy.
Well it was comfy in fact more comfortable than the more expensive sofa chaises I tested out at the furniture stores.

Since the Ikea already comes with a slipcover I contacted Lisa and asked her if I could send the slipcover to her and would she consider making a custom skirt for the sofa chaise set.  She said yes and I am going to send her the slipcover and she will make it look custom with sewing in a new skirt.

These next few pictures are from my pinterest board of slipcovered skirt ideas.  This is a box pleat.  I think a box pleat would be less feminine and still give me a cottage look.

I think this would be a very good option.

Remember my Ikea Chairs that Lisa made the custom ruffle on  the slipcovers.  This is a choice for the new sofa chaise to.

I like this small ruffle along the bottom to give a hint cottage chic.

I will be excited to show you what ruffle I chose and how Lisa does her magic and makes it all come out so pretty.  I am sending off the slipcover to her and hopefully in the next few weeks she will return it and I can show you how it all comes together now in my living room.

Have a great rest of the week and weekend.