Fits my space perfectly / very pleased; however assembly was a pain in the ass
Looks solid, easy to assemble. First off, I ordered this sofa less than 3 days ago and now Im sitting on it as I write this review.
When I ordered it, I was concerned that it might cram my space as I live in a single. My intentions were to a) have a comfy place where I can lay out, nap, and watch TV that isnt my bed; b) have a place that will accommodate guests comfortably as im turning my home into a social hangout spot. The sofa is also long enough that someone under 6 could prolly get a decent night sleep if folks need to crash at my place; c) have a sofa compact enough that it doesnt eat into the floor space I use to exercise as I do lots of workouts from home. This sofa fulfilled all of those intentions. Beyond my expectations.
It takes up such a compact amount of space that im keeping the settee I had there before. I moved the settee to the end of my bed which creates more seating area for guests.
Now the only reason why I didnt give this a 5 was because assembly was a bear. It was just me and took a total of about 1h25min, about 20/30 of those minutes I was stuck on parts A and B. It was frustrating because the instructions said A slides into B. I went on YouTube to find videos and did google searches to see what I was missing, but help was not available. Then I just stopped and stared at A and B. After a few minutes of visual inspection, it dawned on me that A does NOT in fact slide into B. B slides into A. That finally worked, but not before I almost burst into tears b/c I thought I might have received a defective product needing replacement. Who has time to go thru all that?
OK so A and B are together. Now were rolling. But stop, what are these random 10 discs that dont appear on the assembly diagrams? I had moved on from the sofa to the ottoman and was almost finished it all together when I realized the discs are like reinforcers for the legs/feet. This wasnt intuitive and was not straightforward from the instructions. I had already screwed on 6 of the legs onto the main seating area and had to unscrew them all (and remove the 2 I had placed onto adjoining sections of the sofa) to correctly place those discs.
Third, theres a random piece of wood wrapped in fabric with no accompanying photo in assembly. I dont know what this thing is for. Perhaps a beam for just in case? I have no clue so its chillin underneath the sofa for now.
Finally, from the diagram it wasnt clear which direction the two back pieces connect to the base. I was trying to fit two pieces into these slots that just werent budging so I thought Once again is my product defective? It was only after I closely inspected a photo of the finished product online that I realized the back needed to be placed the opposite way.
Those assembly diagrams need an upgrade stat! If it werent for this trial and error hassle, I woulda given my experience 5 stars.
Im writing this part of my review about 2 months after first using my sofa. I love it even more. I woke up this morning to find that my cat had upchucked a thick sticky hairball with accompanying juices right on the fabric. I had a sofa cover but she managed to still upchuck onto the fabric. It was a large stain and I thought Id have to be inconvenienced by taking it to a professional cleaner. Well, I didnt. The upchuck had caked a bit by the time I got to it and ALL I NEEDED TO DO was use a paper towel to take off the thicker parts then wet the towel and remove the rest. No more stain. I was stunned and my appreciation for this product just went up tenfold.
Fits my space perfectly / very pleased; however assembly was a pain in the ass
Looks solid, easy to assemble. First off, I ordered this sofa less than 3 days ago and now Im sitting on it as I write this review. When I ordered it, I was concerned that it might cram my space as I live in a single. My intentions were to a) have a comfy place where I can lay out, nap, and watch TV that isnt my bed; b) have a place that will accommodate guests comfortably as im turning my home into a social hangout spot. The sofa is also long enough that someone under 6 could prolly get a decent night sleep if folks need to crash at my place; c) have a sofa compact enough that it doesnt eat into the floor space I use to exercise as I do lots of workouts from home. This sofa fulfilled all of those intentions. Beyond my expectations. It takes up such a compact amount of space that im keeping the settee I had there before. I moved the settee to the end of my bed which creates more seating area for guests. Now the only reason why I didnt give this a 5 was because assembly was a bear. It was just me and took a total of about 1h25min, about 20/30 of those minutes I was stuck on parts A and B. It was frustrating because the instructions said A slides into B. I went on YouTube to find videos and did google searches to see what I was missing, but help was not available. Then I just stopped and stared at A and B. After a few minutes of visual inspection, it dawned on me that A does NOT in fact slide into B. B slides into A. That finally worked, but not before I almost burst into tears b/c I thought I might have received a defective product needing replacement. Who has time to go thru all that? OK so A and B are together. Now were rolling. But stop, what are these random 10 discs that dont appear on the assembly diagrams? I had moved on from the sofa to the ottoman and was almost finished it all together when I realized the discs are like reinforcers for the legs/feet. This wasnt intuitive and was not straightforward from the instructions. I had already screwed on 6 of the legs onto the main seating area and had to unscrew them all (and remove the 2 I had placed onto adjoining sections of the sofa) to correctly place those discs. Third, theres a random piece of wood wrapped in fabric with no accompanying photo in assembly. I dont know what this thing is for. Perhaps a beam for just in case? I have no clue so its chillin underneath the sofa for now. Finally, from the diagram it wasnt clear which direction the two back pieces connect to the base. I was trying to fit two pieces into these slots that just werent budging so I thought Once again is my product defective? It was only after I closely inspected a photo of the finished product online that I realized the back needed to be placed the opposite way. Those assembly diagrams need an upgrade stat! If it werent for this trial and error hassle, I woulda given my experience 5 stars. Im writing this part of my review about 2 months after first using my sofa. I love it even more. I woke up this morning to find that my cat had upchucked a thick sticky hairball with accompanying juices right on the fabric. I had a sofa cover but she managed to still upchuck onto the fabric. It was a large stain and I thought Id have to be inconvenienced by taking it to a professional cleaner. Well, I didnt. The upchuck had caked a bit by the time I got to it and ALL I NEEDED TO DO was use a paper towel to take off the thicker parts then wet the towel and remove the rest. No more stain. I was stunned and my appreciation for this product just went up tenfold.