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Meditrina · 06-26-2009, 09:49 AM

Now that we have to rent out the apartment downstairs, I am basically in an apartment myself. We have 3 bedrooms, large eat in kitchen and a living room. Bringing things that were downstairs into the upstairs is making it very cramped and I feel closed in. In the living room, I have a couch and a loveseat, computer desk, tv, and more. I had to put many of my son's toys in the living room (his room is a small box with not much closet space) - including a table meant for a train set, that he uses for his LEGOs.

Ok, now that I rambled. My question is: Do I really need to have a couch AND a loveseat? Will a couch and rocking chair be enough? It is mostly just the kids and myself, I hardly ever have company. I don't want to remove the table he uses for his LEGOs. He seems attached to it and since their father moved out, I didn't want to cause unnecessary stress for my son. The only thing I can think of is to get rid of the loveseat.

jewels · 06-26-2009, 10:11 AM

Sell it. Ain't no law says you have to have a couch and a loveseat.

I have a fairly large den/family room area, but due to windows and the placement of the kitchen, anything but a couch would look silly. I do have a large ottoman, though, which serves as my coffee table but it doubles as extra seating. You can always bring chairs from other areas when you need them for guests.

wooÐs · 06-26-2009, 01:12 PM

I had a brown leather love seat with the couch I have now. I gave it to a friend who was in dire need of furniture. So now all I have in there is a large coffee table and the leather couch along with decorative stuff and things. But I don't really have company either. When I do, it's only one other person. So I don't mind it at all. Besides who couldn't use some extra $?

Meditrina · 06-26-2009, 06:25 PM

I wish I could sell it. It is old, like 13 years old with a ripped seam. I think I will just bring out to the garbage. It served its purpose. I have a rocking chair to put in its place, that takes up much less room.

inBOIL · 06-26-2009, 07:16 PM

Craigslist it. Even if you can't sell it, you may be able to get someone else to do the work of carting it away.

Cynthetiq · 06-26-2009, 07:24 PM

or freecycle...

DaniGirl · 06-26-2009, 07:48 PM

yard sale!!

Bill O'Rights · 06-26-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by inBOIL

Craigslist it.

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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq

or freecycle...

Absolutely. Trust me...no matter how crappy you think that it is, there is someone out there that wants it because it's better than theirs.

wooÐs · 06-27-2009, 06:08 AM

Yes true. Someone may even reupholster it like they do on house makeover shows.

snowy · 06-27-2009, 06:54 AM

We have gotten rid of so much old crappy furniture via Craigslist.

06-26-2009, 09:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
Meditrina Junkie Location: LI,NY	Living room furniture Now that we have to rent out the apartment downstairs, I am basically in an apartment myself. We have 3 bedrooms, large eat in kitchen and a living room. Bringing things that were downstairs into the upstairs is making it very cramped and I feel closed in. In the living room, I have a couch and a loveseat, computer desk, tv, and more. I had to put many of my son's toys in the living room (his room is a small box with not much closet space) - including a table meant for a train set, that he uses for his LEGOs. Ok, now that I rambled. My question is: Do I really need to have a couch AND a loveseat? Will a couch and rocking chair be enough? It is mostly just the kids and myself, I hardly ever have company. I don't want to remove the table he uses for his LEGOs. He seems attached to it and since their father moved out, I didn't want to cause unnecessary stress for my son. The only thing I can think of is to get rid of the loveseat. __________________ "Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles." ~Alex Karras

06-26-2009, 10:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
jewels Eponymous Location: Central Central Florida	Sell it. Ain't no law says you have to have a couch and a loveseat. I have a fairly large den/family room area, but due to windows and the placement of the kitchen, anything but a couch would look silly. I do have a large ottoman, though, which serves as my coffee table but it doubles as extra seating. You can always bring chairs from other areas when you need them for guests. __________________ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain

06-26-2009, 06:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Meditrina Junkie Location: LI,NY	I wish I could sell it. It is old, like 13 years old with a ripped seam. I think I will just bring out to the garbage. It served its purpose. I have a rocking chair to put in its place, that takes up much less room. __________________ "Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles." ~Alex Karras

06-26-2009, 07:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
inBOIL I have eaten the slaw	Craigslist it. Even if you can't sell it, you may be able to get someone else to do the work of carting it away. __________________ And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.

06-26-2009, 07:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	or freecycle... __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

06-26-2009, 01:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
wooÐs Sitting in a tree Location: Atlanta	I had a brown leather love seat with the couch I have now. I gave it to a friend who was in dire need of furniture. So now all I have in there is a large coffee table and the leather couch along with decorative stuff and things. But I don't really have company either. When I do, it's only one other person. So I don't mind it at all. Besides who couldn't use some extra $?

06-26-2009, 07:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
DaniGirl Addict Location: Fucking Utah...	yard sale!! Last edited by DaniGirl; 06-26-2009 at 08:06 PM..

06-27-2009, 06:08 AM	#9 (permalink)
wooÐs Sitting in a tree Location: Atlanta	Yes true. Someone may even reupholster it like they do on house makeover shows.

06-27-2009, 06:54 AM	#10 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	We have gotten rid of so much old crappy furniture via Craigslist. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau