Make your own sofa!

Kim from over at desiretoinspire made this sofa. MADE IT! I'm very impressed.

To see how she did it go here.

The sofa has arrived! (and more)...

After nine weeks of waiting, our sofa has finally arrived!

{Our empty living room}

It's even better than I had hoped for. Now we just need a coffee table and we'll be in business. I might bring this one from the bedroom to use in the mean time. I would also love this rug for the room.

The only thing that Gatsby gets to be on the sofa for is taking pictures. Since then, it's on the floor for him! (Don't worry, I made him a very comfy bed in the corner).

Also! I put some candles and old mason jars in the fireplace. The thing can't have real fires in it, (sad). I plan on getting lots more candles to put in it, (happy).

Here is a picture of our fridge for good measure. The drawing of Frida on a tortilla is from one of my most favorite people, Jessi Walters.

Oh sofa, when will I sit on you?

{The sofa from Macy's that I decided on}

So Rudy and I have been living in our new place for just about eight weeks now with no living room furniture. I repeat, NO LIVING ROOM FURNITURE. My wonderful grandparents offered to buy us a sofa, seeing as we arrived to Columbus sans seating. Because I ordered the sofa in a different color than they had in stock, I was told that I would wait four weeks to get it in. Turns out that seven is the new four. Seven weeks I have been waiting. Someday my sofa will come. Won't it?

Here are some other options I considered:

An Ikea Kramfors Sofa as seen in this lovely home.

{The Kramfors alone}

I also really liked Crate and Barrel's Petrie sofa, but at more than double the price and the same aesthetics, I went for the Corona sofa in Stone.