Happy DECEMBURRRRRR!
And quite chilly this morning too.
Well, November ended with a BANG! And December started with a BANG!
Let me explain…
Yesterday, I was on Craigslist looking for a Christmas gift for Eric. And guess what I came across? A beautiful couch- for a crazy good price. I immediately emailed the seller and asked if we could take a look at it. I figured that it would be gone already because good deals sell so fast on Craigslist, especially in Toronto!
It was a dark brown sectional couch with a chaise (always wanted one!) and it was only a few months old and in mint condition. The owner was selling it because they were moving and it didn’t fit in their new condo (it is a BIG couch!).
Eric stopped by on his way home from work and…
We bought our very first couch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Every couch we have had up to this point has been a hand me down which is absolutely awesome, but we have secretly been longing for a couch that fit our new family room. After looking at prices earlier this year, we knew we couldn’t afford one.
He was shocked that it wasn’t gone already. He had to drive all the way to his brother’s to pick up a van, then drive back and put 1 part of the couch in the van, then drop it off, and then drive all the way back to Toronto to pick up the rest!!! He didn’t get home until about 11:30 last night. Poor guy!!!! I was at home waiting anxiously for it to arrive. Luckily, S & B kept me company. ;)
We are absolutely in love with it:
It’s incredibly soft and comfy…
and will be great for entertaining!
…it is like brand new to us and our wallets are very happy. We figured that THREE lucky friends can crash on this couch at once! hahaha. ;) We are still university students at heart…
We will probably end up buying most of our furniture on Craigslist. You really can’t go wrong, 1) You save huge, and 2) You are recycling!! They have lots of cool antique pieces on Craigslist. Yes, there is a lot of crap to sift through, but it is so worth it. I also check out the FREE page a lot too! You’d be surprised how many people give away amazing things because they are in a rush.
The only thing we are not sure of is where to put our other brown couch. Right now it is here:
and it looks kind of odd…but we were thinking of keeping it around for our Christmas party.
We also tried here:
and it looked even more odd…
So we aren’t really sure what to do with it! Ideas????
I also want to find a coffee table off Craigslist as I don’t really like the one that is there now.
And why did Decemburrr start with a bang?
We have roofers here this morning and it sounds like an EARTHQUAKE in this house today! I swear they are going to fall through the roof on me. I woke up at 6am to BANG, BANG, BANG!!! I hit my alarm but it didn’t stop!
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US Yoga Mat by Aurorae Giveaway!
To my US readers: I know that Canadian only Oral-B contest was tough to swallow yesterday! I really wish I could have opened it up to US residents too, but I was not able to. Well, today we have a US resident only contest because all is fair in love and war on OSG.
The wonderful people from Aurorae are willing to giveaway one new yoga mat to a lucky US reader!
I can’t review the mat myself as they do not ship to Canada, but I’d be curious to hear what you think of it should you win one.
You get to choose the COLOUR of your mat should you win!!!
How to enter:
- Leave a comment on this post telling me what you would do with our extra brown couch (hahah) AND what colour of mat you would choose.
Rules: Open to US residents only please. Contest closes Thursday Dec. 3rd at noon EST.
Goodluck!
Canucks: Don’t forget to enter the Oral-B Giveaway!
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Ok, now that this home reno stuff is out of my system, I promise to get back to my health posts and hot topics!!!!
I would probably use the couch in my room, so I can read or watch TV…a good alternative sometimes to my bed!
I love the seamist color!
Do you have another room you could put it in? A spare bedroom, a finished basement…something?
I just don’t think you’re going to make it work in the space you photographed…
I’d love the violet yoga mat, even if I’m not a very good furniture designer! LOL
I would definitely get the violet, it is my favorite color!
As for the brown couch, I’d put it in a spare room like the office or your bedroom if there is room for it. Sometimes, I like to be in my bedroom but would rather not sit on the bed. Love the new couch too!
I love the new couch! It looks like it’s a perfect fit! I would probably try putting the old couch in a basement or bedroom– but my sister-in-law put her old couch outside on their covered porch, and it was awesome to have that there for entertaining, too!
I would love the Seamist colored yoga mat. It looks calming. :)
I NEED a Solar yoga mat in my life! :)
I second (or probably fifth, by this point!) selling your old couch on Craigslist after your party. The extra seating will be incredibly helpful then, but I don’t know if you’ll need that much seating in one room all the time…
I might just give the couch to someone who could really use it and would treasure it like you did and now do your new one! I would also totally pick the ocean mat! It just sounds invigorating!
I love your new couch! Maybe you could donate your old one or move it to a guest room.
I would like any color of yoga mat. I would love to keep a mat at work for my lunch break yoga sessions instead of bringing the one I have back and forth!
Thanks for the contest!
sell your couch for x-tra Christmas $$. :)
yoga mat in green for sure …. awesome give away.
I’m all for selling your old couch for some extra $$$!
Oooh love the new couch! I would choose the black one :-) Love it, great giveaway!
Do you have an office you could put the extra couch in? If there is no space for it you should just sell it on… Craigslist!
When I moved to Philly PB and I sold a few of his pieces for dirt cheap (for example a TV stand worth $500 for $85). We felt good about helping another family purchase a nice piece and recycling the piece and STILL making money on it!!!!
Make some needy family very grateful this holiday season and donate the couch to them! Not sure if the do Habitat for Humanity in Canada, but I know HfH is always looking for gently used furniture to put in their new homes. Or the Salvation Army is a great resource as well!
Thanks for the give away! I would definitely get purple :)
Love the new couch! Do you have another room that it could go in? If not, I’d totally sell it and make some extra money! I would say that it’s too much to have in the room with that other couch being so big.
And I’d get the violet mat!
my friend is looking at a couch on craigslist, she is going to be so happy to see that it worked out for you. she is concerned about the cleanness of it…anyway, i would keep the couch for the party and then try and sell it.
a new yoga mat is on my holiday wish list, i’d take the yellow/solar color.
I would choose Ocean, and would donate that couch to charity.
I’d love violet and perhaps you could list your couch on craigslist?
I say sell the couch on craig’s list or donate it.
I would definitely want the violet mat. so pretty!
that couch loooks like it may fit well on the wall facing the sectional not picutred. if not, sell it for a coffee table!
i would pick solar because i love sunshine!
Not sure if you have this in Canada, but i would donate the couch to battered women and childrens shelter. I would love a yoga mat in seamist :) what a pretty and calming color!
I lik eyour old brown couch, if i was in canada I would say it would look great in my house! (haha) No, I think for the party it looks best backed against the other couch, to enjoy the fireplace. I would pick black (infinity) :)