Your sofas

You just have to be fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time to bag a bargain in a charity shop. They do have some lovely furniture come through at times x

Sofa looks good, Miss A and long enough to stretch out while watching tv which I am ashamed to say is my priority.

Wow paddyann that’s a complete change every three years pretty much! I’m intrigued- What happens to the old ones?

My DH thinks I’ve been profligate having 3 in 36 years.....

We have two large Ercol settees, both are firm, body length for lying on and bought for comfort. They are in an a pale blue grey, white cream colou are easy to clean. Best choice ever.

I wondered what paddyann does with her old furniture too, Pantglas!
paddyann? Do you send it to your nearest charity shop, if so, where is it?!

Enjoy your sofas - are you planning on having cushions and throws, MissA?

Your sofa looks really elegant MissA

Looks good MissAdventure and what bargains! We have a leather 3 seater recliner and two M&S recovered chairs. Our last leather settee was uncomfortable but present one is great. I hope they come soon and that you enjoy many years lounging /lying on them.

Bright red sofa as room is small and plain light walls to keep it feeling larger. Sofa is the colour in the room with bright red throw for dogs and cats. There is only me so i can get whatever i want

Ipass them on to families in need through the local Home to Home charity thats if my daughter doesn't want a change at the same time then her suite goes and she has mine.Nothing gets sold or thrown away its all put to good use

Same here paddyann but not as often! Our girls weren’t interested in our cast offs but last lot donated to a good home along with spare set of covers.

A large red one. The best advice I was given was to get one big enough for me to be able to stretch out and have a snooze! And I do, regularly

Well done, paddyann.
Ours have gone to good homes too, even though they were probably older than yours.

Mine is a wooden frame with loose cushions. It means I have a large storage area underneath, and it's more hygienic than a convention sofa.

I love your sofa Coconut, what sort of colour scheme is your room?

Both fabric, not matching, just toning. We actually bought the lighter one, which is long, as a house warming gift for DD, but when they moved house, it was too long, so we got it. In the little sitting room, we have a wine Tetrad sofa with cotton loose covers with feather filled cushions. It is now twenty three years old, and as good as new. Looks great when you plump up the cushions - which we have to do regularly.

The 'toning' sofas.

Ooh, that looks lovely!
I really like those colours.
My current suite is burgundy, but maybe now i'll be changing bits and bobs to a more sandy tone.

Two non matching Chesterfield sofas - the end of one has been customised by the cat! ?

Never mind the style, just go round the shop sitting on sofas until you find one that's comfortable.
Sadly when we got this sofa we weren't able to get out and about so ordered one on the internet and it is very uncomfortable. Cushions aren't deep enough, seat too low, no back support and what's with modern seat cushions that they need plumping up every ten minutes or they go flat and hard.

I have a teal sofa with a matching round swivel armchair and a grey sofa bed in my lounge. From the well known place that always has a sale. Doesn't show the dirt and bought on interest free credit.

DH and I first moved in together in the winter of 1991. We bought 2 x 2 seater sofas from M&S in a gorgeous raspberry colour fabric. They were quite expensive (for us) and we got them on 4 years interest free.

Moving on to 2006 we gave the sofas (still in very good condition) to a family member and bought another 2 x 2 seaters in a very light cream . We moved house in 2011 and I brought them with us for the (upstairs) lounge and although they have been professionally cleaned a few times they still look as good as new. About 2 years ago we bought a grey leather sofa for the downstairs dining/family room which is the only room (with the exception of the children’s bedroom) that has a TV and might be the secret to why my cream sofas still look so good upstairs? Oh and I have one of those Sherlock chairs in a kind of duck egg blue too (which we bought ourselves for our 20th wedding anniversary) .

I have a cream fabric Laura Ashley 'Mortimer' sofa. It is probably the least practical sofa in the world in terms of practicality and keeping clean. However, it is beautiful and, when guests come, I turn the cushions over so it looks new again.

Our sofas are grey leather, two seater, G Plan, that we ordered while we were on holiday a couple of years ago now
The previous ones were cream leather, that survived the many assaults of sticky fingered grandchildren, with just a wipe to keep them looking good, and they lasted from 2001.
We decided to change as the seats were a bit low, and I even made booster cushions to give them a longer life.
They went of to a charity shop to be re-homed.
Our new ones have a higher seat, are comfortable to stretch out on for a snooze, and have high backs. We felt like Goldilocks in the showroom, going round and sitting on every sofa, until we found the ones we both liked.

Dark grey/black block form sort of thing with back cushions and silver legs. I love them

Terracotta cloth , just a large 2 seater couch and one chair , it's about 20 years old now but it's still my 'new suite' ! I love it ! I have my best sleeps on it !