I don't know... it's just... When you buy furniture you tell yourself: "That's it. That's the last sofa I'm gonna need. Whatever else happens, I've got that sofa problem handled." -- The Narrator, Fight Club.
I've never actually owned a sofa before. My first apartment came with furniture, including an old, worn, fold-out sofa-bed that was incredibly uncomfortable to sit on, and threatened to swallow you into the gap between its cushions at any moment. For my second apartment, I borrowed a couch from my mother, which I had to return when I left Western Australia. My first apartment in Sydney was too small for a couch: the only comfortable vantage-point for watching TV was the bed.
I have the feeling that 28 is perhaps a little too old to be buying one's first couch.
I bought my first couch last year. Aged 27. So its not that old ;)
I still haven't bought one yet. Waiting to buy the first house so I don't end up with a couch that looks wrong in it.
Our current couch we picked up from someone else's verge during bulk rubbish collection. :)
I'm 34 and I still haven't bought a couch. It's a good feeling.
PS: I give in. Who took your photo?
I did. The camera was on timer, perched on top of a couple of phone-books.
I've used old old couches all my life, until now. We bought one just a couple months ago (at age 31). Before that we used a bed in the living room for a whole year. No problem, only thing is I finally wanted to offer my visitors somethings comfortable to sit on. The chair with broken springs started to embarres us a bit too much :)
I have the same keyboard stand ;-)
You should have bought a boat. http://byandlarge.net/scuttlebutt/archives/000133.html
37, own the house, still haven't bought a couch. My plan is to meet a nice woman, settle down, get married, and let her tell me what couch I like.
Never bought a couch either. We're late 50's and still trying to decide if we want to buy new furniture, or sell everything and just travel around.
Nan