Great couch, great price, don’t skip the FLUFFING part!!
I was super hesitant to buy online from Amazon and spent hours looking at reviews and considering options. This couch is better than I anticipated. The seats are wide and firm but comfortable and the back pillows are fluffy and soft. The ottoman tops look like cushions but are slightly squishier feeling - so keep them separate and don’t accidentally put them on the couch because that will make for a “sloppy” seating experience. For reviews that say the pillows are flat, I’d bet a lot of money it’s because (a) they didn’t spend time fluffing them after taking out of the vacuum seal and/or (b) they fluffed them some then immediately used them. Listen, it’s an inconvenience to have to put together a couch and NOT fully use it for a day but c’mon. You expect a flat-as-a-pancake pillow to magically explode into a pile of luxurious fluff as soon as you pop the seal?? If it’s the difference between a full, comfy couch and a flat miserable one, what js the big deal? Anyway, the boxes come in different groups so the trick is to unpack them enough when they arrive to pull out any pillows and immediately let them loose and fluff them a lot. Then leave them alone for 24-48 hours!!! If you get pillows that come on the very day you need to put the couch together, still unpack them first and set them aside. Then, use alternate pillows or your old cushions even for 12 hours. Basically, don’t plan to get this couch on the day you’re hosting a party for the big game and need to immediately use it. Easy to assemble. Sturdy. We kept it flipped upside down to connect all the pieces and then two people stabilized it and flipped it over. HOWEVER, I’m a small 50 yo woman and I wanted to see if I could really change it up and put it back together, so I tried. It’s totally do-able, even with bad hands! Take your time, align the brackets and viola! It’s together! It’s way easier either with help, but possible alone. As for the fluffing technique- again, TIME is crucial but also, I discovered that you need to pull the pillow stuffing bag OUT OF the cover to fluff and then you can sorta shove your hand into the pillow corners to move the “fluff” around in the middle and separate it (this is done done without opening the stuffing bag. You just push your hand into the middle from the corner and try to grab chunks of compressed stuffing). That sounds like a PITA, but it literally a 20 second process. Don’t be lazy. You’re being asked to fluff a pillow, not build a house, it’s not that hard. Then leave them out of the pillow case for at least several hours. And try to plan not to use them for a day. Period. I fluffed one pillow on a Wednesday when it arrived and let it sit until Sunday and it’s huge. I fluffed another one on Saturday when it arrived at 4 pm and used it at noon Sunday… and it’s huge. Lol. So, we aren’t talking a week of just staring at your new couch! Have some patience. The fabric is awesome. We got the corduroy because it was a nice color and less money. I was afraid it would feel weird or look cheap. It doesn’t. It’s soft and has a brushed feel and it just looks like a nice, big, light gray couch! Actually, it looks a lot more high-end than the price. My family loves it. My cats love it. I love it. Have reasonable expectations, take your time, don’t fall into a user error scenario, and you will love this couch too!!! I included a photo of a fluffed pillow on its side next to the ottoman so you can see its size and a pic of the stuffing bag that goes into the pillow case. Those are things I wished I’d had when I was looking. Would’ve saved me some time and worry! lol Read more
