- Gumbel2Gumbel
- Apr 28, 2010
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Observe my loving couch.
It has a terrible design flaw, can you see it?
Here I'll help, the backrests are free-floating, modular backrests that are unsecured. When my partner first fell in love with this couch I warned them of this problem but they assured me the cushions would be heavy enough to support a person's weight.
Spoilers, they were not. You cannot lean back on our couch without the loving cushions sliding off. It really sucks.
Technically we could return the couch and purchase another couch with functional and supportive backrests but my partner would prefer we fix the problem instead because they really like the couch and it really suits our home.
Their suggestion was to purchase thick strips of strong velcro and use it to secure the cushions to the couch.
So I have a few questions for you goons who might know how to handle this.
1. Will that even loving work? Is there velcro that strong? If so, where would/could I get it?
2. Is there a better, more viable, less work intensive way to fix this? If so, please inform me of it.
3. If Operation Velcro really is the best option how do I go about doing it without wanting to kill myself?
The backrest cushions have zippers on them so they could be removed. We could probably use chalk or something to mark where we want to put the velcro then remove the upholstery and use a sewing machine to attach the velcro strips. (Check out the picture below!)
But the couch cushions appear to be stapled and secured to the couch and there does not appear to be a way to remove the upholstery to machine sew on velcro that would not gently caress up everything (ruin the couch) and be a huge nightmare. Which means we would have to hand sew on the strips of velcro onto the cushions which seems like a whole gently caress ton of work and oh god kill me now. (No picture provided, let me know if you want one.)
Is there a better option? Save me, goons!
This style normally comes with powerful magnets inside to keep it together, not weights. Are you telling me this is missing the magnets? Maybe one or two got flipped around inside the cushion and the polarity is mismatched.
Edit:. Just tell me the name of the couch and where it's from and I can probably tell you what to do.
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- Gumbel2Gumbel
- Apr 28, 2010
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Well bought this couch from West Elm. Let me see if I can find it on their website.
Looks like it's their Tillary sofa.
Good luck. I hope you actually get something because we hit this thing up with a stud finder yesterday and the solid stuff is buried too deep inside it to employ Six-Of-Hearts awesome solution.
I'm sorry but I have no idea what you're describing here.
It is just weighted. You got West Elmed, hard. It's like getting Ikeaed except it costs twice as much because the swedes are more efficient.
At least it isn't Restoration Hardware though.
You don't want to drill into this poo poo because you don't know where the joints, screws, and glue are (if it has glue). It's a shame because I used to sell sofas in much the same style with magnets and they were amazing because you could put them anywhere and lean back on them. I would try screaming bloody murder and getting your money back tbh.
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