We just came back from buying me a new sofa because the a few of the springs in my old one snapped last week and made half of it un-seatable, and she said that while we are at it, we need to get you a new mattress and the thin mattress thingy that goes on top of it (mattress topper?) because the old ones are much too old. The sofa was easy, I looked at them online and send some links to Mom and we both agreed that Sotka has the best looking sofas. But the mattress was difficult! My bed is 120×200 cm and apparently 120cm wide mattresses are sold less these days so not all shops carry them at all. Sotka was able to order me one though, so bought both from there – which is so lucky because they’re having huge sales this week! The mattress and the topper were both 60% off and the sofa 50% off.
I’m also so very lucky that my Mom is able and willing to buy things like furniture for me when they break and it happens when I’m not working đź’– When I pay for them myself, even when I was working or used my tax return, I could afford only the cheapest which would mean that both sofa and the mattress would break after about 2 years of use. And with Sotka having those huge procent sales right now, we were able to get a little higher quality than we would have otherwise! The mattress has a 10 year quarantee, and the sofa body 20 years and springs 10 years. So now I can hope and expect that the new sofa will last at least for 10 years… unlike my current one, which snapped its first spring in the 3rd years and guarantee had been only for 2 years because it’s was a cheap one I bought with my tax return 5 or 7 years ago. It’s too cheap to repair – that’d cost at least as much as even a newest cheapest one, and the fabric and springs all would need to be replaced. So there’s no point.
This is my new sofa. It’s so pretty and very sturdy to sit with excellent support for my back.
Image by Sotka
The only thing is that unplanned surprise purchase this pushes the purchase of the new laptop back a little – just gotta keep hoping the won’t break before I get that new one!
A lot of my things are old because when we sold my childhood home and I moved into my own and Mom moved in together her SO, I got practically most of the furniture and other things I wanted from my childhood home because it didn’t make sense to get rid of perfectly good furniture etc. and buy all new ones just because and I liked them fine anyway and didn’t have preference for anything else either. Mom and her SO bought some new things that they both liked as well as well but also as kept a lot of what the SO had already had in his home. I’ve never been into decorating, buying new furniture etc. just for fun (I bought books and later, computers, instead), and also never really having had loose money to buy pricier things just for fun, and anyway the old ones are working great and I like them fine. And then I got ill in 2008 and all the little money I have goes into meds and I can only save a little extra over several months (xx euros instead of several xxx needed for things like a sofa or dishwasher. So all my things are older now: bed frame is 30+ years (good quality wooden frame my Mom bought for herself in very early 1990s), mattress 20+ years, sofa 5-7 years, laptop 10 years, fridge+freezer combo 27 years. We’ve already replaced my washing machine 2,5 years ago (30+ years) and the dishwasher 1,5 years ago (24 old) when they broke.
I guess it’s not a surprise that things break being so old – it’d be the smart thing to do to replace things before they break from old age, but somehow that almost never happens in my family! Instead things are used right up until they break. My sofa particularly gets majority usage – it’s the main place I spend my time on and is the only thing that gets replaced every 3-7 years for the last 30 years depending on whether it’s the cheap one (because I bought it) or of better build quality (my Mom bought it). Luckily my kitchen table and chairs which are 30+ years old and my computer/work desk (40 years old – my parents bought it for me when I was about 12 and needed a proper desk for school work – but as good as new) I doubt I’ll ever have to replace those unless I want to. I love my work desk – I’m not sure what wood it’s made of, but it’s reddish/brownish and even though I was a child when it was bought for me, Mom and Dad bought it from the adult section and it’s so well made you can’t tell it’s about 40 years old! that’s quality! The 27 year old fridge+freezer Mom and I have been planning to replace for like 2 years now, but always something else pops up first and it gets pushed back.
All this to say… I’m excited about a sturdy, new, pretty sofa! ✨ And excited about the new mattress and a little worried how I’ll get used to it and hope it isn’t too soft. My old mattress, even still after 20+ years, hardly gives at all and doesn’t make my back hurt unlike some other, softer beds I’ve sometimes slept on. It should take 3-4 weeks until they arrive to Sotka and will be delivered to me. Exciting times!! Can’t wait! đź’– New furniture!!! ✨