Comes in a box, assembly much easier than I was expecting, and looks and feels pretty decent
Sofa in a box. That is clearly the gimmick for this sofa - a sofa that is assembled at your home in one cardboard box. Now... its not a small box - after all it holds a sofa - but it is more rectangular and compact than a full-blown sofa would be. I kind of see it as more of a good deal for the manufacturer and the shipper than for the consumer, although I assume the do it yourself at home aspect of it means some theoretical cost advantage?
On to the sofa itself: its a cute, stylish little thing. Were in the midst of doing our theater room in grey, and this particular sofa fits right in with the grey walls and grey velvet curtains. Its a pretty comfortable seat, and you can stretch out on it a little. The Mrs. remarked that for a sofa in this price range the seemed higher quality than youd expect.
As to the assembly: I saw a well-written review that said it was almost prohibitively difficult to assemble, even for someone with a lifetime of put-it-together-at-home furniture assembly. I didnt find that at all. The manual wasnt particularly colorful or exciting - standard multi-lingual dull instructions and pretty obtuse stick-figure illustrations of assembly - but it was pretty self-explanatory and there werent a ton of parts. In summary: much easier than I was expecting: I assembled the whole thing alone in less than an hour. The back assembly was the trickiest part: after inserted posts into the seat/frame portion a hand-tightened screw is threaded and tightened through a hole in the side of the back frame into a corresponding threaded hole on the arm piece. I had to lean on the back a little to get the threads just so - but it wasnt that bad, and Ive cross-threaded many a home assembly furniture project.
I was given a sample of this product in exchange for this unbiased review, but it is a welcome addition to one of the nicest rooms in our quite nice house.
Comes in a box, assembly much easier than I was expecting, and looks and feels pretty decent
Sofa in a box. That is clearly the gimmick for this sofa - a sofa that is assembled at your home in one cardboard box. Now... its not a small box - after all it holds a sofa - but it is more rectangular and compact than a full-blown sofa would be. I kind of see it as more of a good deal for the manufacturer and the shipper than for the consumer, although I assume the do it yourself at home aspect of it means some theoretical cost advantage? On to the sofa itself: its a cute, stylish little thing. Were in the midst of doing our theater room in grey, and this particular sofa fits right in with the grey walls and grey velvet curtains. Its a pretty comfortable seat, and you can stretch out on it a little. The Mrs. remarked that for a sofa in this price range the seemed higher quality than youd expect. As to the assembly: I saw a well-written review that said it was almost prohibitively difficult to assemble, even for someone with a lifetime of put-it-together-at-home furniture assembly. I didnt find that at all. The manual wasnt particularly colorful or exciting - standard multi-lingual dull instructions and pretty obtuse stick-figure illustrations of assembly - but it was pretty self-explanatory and there werent a ton of parts. In summary: much easier than I was expecting: I assembled the whole thing alone in less than an hour. The back assembly was the trickiest part: after inserted posts into the seat/frame portion a hand-tightened screw is threaded and tightened through a hole in the side of the back frame into a corresponding threaded hole on the arm piece. I had to lean on the back a little to get the threads just so - but it wasnt that bad, and Ive cross-threaded many a home assembly furniture project. I was given a sample of this product in exchange for this unbiased review, but it is a welcome addition to one of the nicest rooms in our quite nice house.