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Considering buying one & there's lots of choices, looking for advice from those who've owned one a while.
If you’re considering purchasing, take this with a grain of salt! If you’ve already purchased, add your thoughts (even if they’re as manic as mine)
don’t take your young children with you. They will climb all over everything and you won’t make the proper considerations.
when testing the sofa, act like you’re at home. Pull your feet up, lounge, lay on it. Or you’ll be like me and get the standard size initially when truly you want the deep seats and you’ll have to exchange stuff and it’s a pain in the butt.
make sure to pick a fill. We didn’t, and we were actually upsold on the “lovesoft” which we wouldn’t have picked because my husband has spinal issues. We just assumed the standard would in fact be standard (and the boxes sat in our garage for weeks while waiting). But also we were refunded $800 (again, don’t take the kids bc you won’t notice 💸)
delivery takes a while. And sometimes in several deliveries.
make sure you actually receive everything and don’t start unboxing until you do, because chaos.
watch the videos of the inventor putting them together. It will save you so much time and heartache.
unbox and sort everything. Be tedious about this
this will take you HOURS. Even if you’re working your butt off. You will regret your choices very very early.
the thought “I can’t believe I spent this much money and they don’t even offer install” will go through your mind while you drop your 15th f bomb while bending your nail backwards trying to get the cover on.
they don’t go together as well as you think. The thought of stomping on it will go through your head and actually that is something you should act on (the dude even does that in the videos)
have some kind of alcohol on hand (unless you don’t drink, and then I suggest having a punching bag that you’ll be too tired to hit anyway)
it takes a hot minute for the sofa to actually feel comfortable. You’ll think seriously about returning it until the daunting realization that you would have to box it all back up is too intimidating to consider. You should definitely let your kids run all over it or borrow kids to do this for you. It really helps.
its not nearly as versatile as you imagined it would be. Ours really only goes into one configuration without having to purchase additional things or store others.
the recliner kind of sucks. Not to mention you’re going to lose the remote.
you’re not going to be cleaning under it because it’s a pain in the butt to move. Put blockers to prevent stuff from going under. It’ll drive you crazy (trust me, as I am crazy)
the first time you wash it, its going to give you a PTSD feeling (this is a joke, I understand the gravity of ptsd and have some myself, but dark humor is my wingman) of when you first got this together. And it’ll be a full day thing because you’re not supposed to use a dryer. And it’ll take 10 hours to dry.
you’ll wish you could have multiple covers for it but that is a pipe dream because they’re so expensive
So. Do I like it? Yes. Do I love it? Ehhh. We bought two sofas at the same time, one upstairs and one downstairs (finished basement). The downstairs one is from Ashley, was around 1/6 of the price. Came put together and delivered inside. Just as comfortable. Or maybe I like it better from the above mentioned things. Who really knows at this point. Is it growing on me though? Yes. It’s such an amazing movie night sofa. It’s definitely a cuddle couch. But we have it so there’s a queen size bed on the end at all times. We wondered about how that would be when company came over, but ultimately decided that we like the configuration regardless of if guests are comfortable lol.
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mamas out there!!
Does anyone have any regrets about purchasing a sactional? I would like to get one but a price tag of over $6000 (after discounts) has me nervous.
Edit: Thank you for all the comments. Sounds like there are a lot of cons for how expensive these things are.