Hold on to your butts

…because you may actually fall into my couch these days.

When we got our 13 foot long 8.5 feet deep couch of craigslist it seemed like the greatest deal we’ve ever scored. And it was! For two or three solid months.

The the cracks started. And continued.

Then the cats discovered the feel of fake leather under an extended claw. That continued.

Then cracks gave way to full on tears on well worn sections and the simple peeling away of the top layer in other sections. And so on and so on.

Then I read some random blog where the woman said tent repair patches will blend in to the leather and stay on. She lied. The patches however did take off in big chunks the parts of the couch that were just starting to peel. Thats… helpful.

Now I’ve resorted to ducktape, which you may be thinking is hideous looking, but it literally can’t make this couch look worse. My goal is at least to close the giant gashes and stop the peels from falling on the floor by ducktaping all of them together.

All because, hope is on the horizon. Hope in this case, is my moms amazing talent at anything she’s ever attempted. This talent extends to sewing. My mom and Dad have promised to come and visit Josh and me soon. My mom already knows that as soon as she gets here, operation couch cover goes into effect. I have no talent for sewing and zero experience making slip covers so we will see how that turns out. I promise I’ll post whatever we come up with, no matter how bad it turns out.

Time will tell, do you sew? Do you sew slipcovers? Do you want to sew my slipcover?

xoxo,
Adora