# 3!
the Room&Board - Murray Sofa in Salt (Additional color)
being the cheapest out the bunch didn't hinder this selection from coming to the front of the pack. i headed to the store to check it out in person (something you should always do when buying furniture) and LOVED it!
we got to the store and wandered through the entire first and second floors sitting on couch after couch. every single one was a solid 'no' - either because of price, fabric, or style. then we headed up the stairs to the third floor. and there it was, right at the top of the stairs. immediately i knew it was the one! forget falling in love with people at first sight; this couch was IT. it was displayed in the hideous blue it's stocked in, but i didn't let that deter me. i knew going in that i didn't want the stock color. sitting on it is a dream. the back is a comfortable height, as are the arms. and both are appropriately cushioned. the back was firm enough to keep you from hitting the stiff back, and the arms are more stiff than mushy. i hate me a rolled arm! plus the wooden legs and seat proportions! what! amazing!
then we flipped through the selected fabrics. (if you want the fabric the couch is stocked in you can receive it right away. if you want a selected fabric/color, it'll take about 6 weeks. if you want any of their other fabrics or one of your own, it can take six weeks or longer and cost you a lot extra.) so flipping through the selected fabrics i was dismayed at seeing the 'salt' i had selected. this was not the fabric i thought i wanted! so then the question is: what does it cost to pick something else?
well the room&board fabrics are sorted into "levels". level 1 is $100 extra, level 2 is $200 extra, level 3 is $300 extra, and so on and so forth. and i can tell you straight out that i had already expanded my budget to its extent to afford the base couch; i was not excited about shelling out more for a nice fabric. then the boyfriend and i headed over to the fabric swatches. and by swatches i mean giant yard-long samples. flipping quickly through the greys i landed on two fabrics - both in the "level 4" category. the first i immediately dismissed as being out of my budget. now you must be wondering why i didn't dismiss the other. why you ask? because it was the original fabric i picked out!!! i know... some how in the small swatch they had by the couch the color was hideous, but in the larger swatch it was perfect. oh well... it saved me $400.
i still wasn't set on dropping all that dough on first sight, so i walked away to think about it. and a week later i went back and purchased the couch. now in 4 weeks i'll be the owner of a brand new couch! i'll make sure to post pictures when it comes.
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