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There is a leather couch in our living room. It is about 15 years old and is now really showing its age. The seams have parted in many places, and there is hole in the right most cushion (small, but there, and coupled with the splitting seams, not good). I would like to replace this and Scott agrees. It's time for it to go.

However, we don't really want to, or have the means to, buy fancy new furniture. So, to Craigslist I go. Craiglist has previously done well for me. Bed frame for Tim's bed? Found one! Dining room table that I like with a pretty blue tile top and matching chairs? Done! So it doesn't seem like it would be a stretch to think that I might find either a sectional type couch or a couch/loveseat combination on Craigslist without too much difficultly. I am naive. Also, I can't believe some people actually keep these things in their houses as some of them are beyond ugly. I know that this is subjective, so if I pick out a couch that looks like your current living room beauty and comment that it looks like a cat barfed the pattern on it, well...I meant it lovingly, ok?



First, there is this:


It could be nice. It could be awful. We'll never know, because the doofus behind the camera didn't have the foresight to turn the lights on or at least use a flash.

And then there are the "covered" couches (almost as good as brand new! No one can tell!):



And for the indoor picnic types:


And this gem with matching chair! Yes! (I'm a Barbie girl! In a Barbie world!)



Ok, what the hell even IS this? It looks scratchy, uncomfortable, ugly, and...wow. But for $80, it can be yours!