So we made our way back north, and as we were driving up on 900 south past 1300 east we saw a couple little couches and a mattress. I told him to stop so we could look at it, and we decided to take it home. We got a truck, packed it up and then we drove around. Now let me just say, in Hawaii we don't do this whole spring cleaning (and now fall cleaning?) thing where we put stuff on the side of the road, so when I moved here it was my first time seeing people do this. And then it was a whole different thing for me when I would see people with their trucks and trailers driving around looking for things, such as metal and what not. So for us to do that, I wasn't as embarrassed as I thought I would be. I probably would only do this on the east side though, or in rich neighborhoods lol. i'm jk!
Anyhow, so instead of going to the hospital with their 50 piece chicken mcnugget meal we had bought for them, we drove around (while I was still in my work clothes lol) looking for anything that we could take home. We went a little more east and we found a white love seat. It looked like it was still in good condition, except for some spills (juice and coffee spills) on the arm of the chair. So we put that on the truck, and left the mattress we originally picked up. We decided not to take the mattress cause it was wet from the night before, and all these bugs were on it. So we had this loveseat, and two little chairs. Then drove around and I really don't even know where we were when I spotted this really nice sofa. I have no idea why someone was throwing it out, but we picked it up and ended up leaving the two small chairs.
When we got home, I cleaned all the cushion covers, tried scrubbing the stains out of the white love seat.. and then we went a bought a microsuede love seat cover from walmart. They do run a little bit expensive, but I was glad we bought it. Not only does it cover the stains on the white loveseat, but you can't even really tell it's a cover. They even give you a second piece where you put any cushions in, so for us we put the bottom two and left the white pillow/cushions as decorative pieces, cause the back of the sofa is already soft and doesn't really need it.
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| Here's the loveseat with the cover on it, the white cushions are the color of the couch. |
This is the second couch we found, I just cleaned the cushion covers.. sprayed some fabric refreshener on it. Cleaned any mess on it.. and here it is...
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| it's very comfortable & microsuede |
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| Moe was very excited for the new couch too :) lol |
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| Cleaned all the covers, and it's like brand new! There was a little stain on one of the covers, but it came off after washing it :) |
We've always scored for some reason on free couches. Our couches we have in our upstairs living room, we had gotten for free a couple years ago from a guy who was moving to Alaska and was just giving it away. The only thing we have to do is get new cushioning for it. These couches that we just got we put it in our tv/family room downstairs. I still wonder why someone was throwing it out, but it doesn't matter cause like they say, what's your trash is my treasure and I love it, and I especially love that it was for FREE, cause when you're on a budget like us, you gotta get creative! lol :)
