TUTORIAL IT

Well, it looks like Ive made a complete mis-step in the sofa selecting for this house. I bought the west elm bliss down-filled sofa last year, after LOTS of research. Unfortunately, I didnt find any bad reviews upon my research, so I went for it. If you will recall, we bought the extra long 90" version, so it took something like 3 months to come in. While I do still love the look of the sofa when its behaving (hah), it requires a lot of fluffing up to look good again. 

The back cushions basically ALWAYS look like this. 

Flattened out. I even had new inserts made at an upholsterers (to the tune of $190, even after spending around $1500 for the whole couch) that supposedly would help keep them fluffier longer, but it didnt work. The original ones are down-filled, and the upholsterer recommended a 50/50 down/poly blend. They still look the same. Sad. And worse, it really is not comfortable. That cushion sits so low on your back - in order to get comfortable, you have to basically lounge and lay down. 

Also, the couch pills REALLY bad. Given, I have not tried shaving off any of the pilling, but still.

Yes ,I can flip the cushions around on the top, and the big long one on the sofa upside down. I will. I just think after less than a year of use, it stinks that it looks like this all the time. 

So, I think Jordan and I have decided to suck it up and get a different sofa. 

Were going to TEST THEM OUT together before purchasing. I tested out the west elm one by myself in store, but I guess its just hard to know what the wear is going to be long-term with things like this.

Ive been doing a little research and were thinking of going with an IKEA couch this time. There are so many reviews about the IKEA couches online, which is very helpful.

Also, in an effort to make our living room a little more comfy, were thinking of getting a semi-sectional. I like this one from IKEA, which is the KIVIK series: