apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Can you just imagine the chaise sections facing each other across a nice dark rug and mid-century inspired coffee table?! I had to vote "hot".

But after yesterday, I've got to mention a caveat I don't hear much about on the site:
I excitedly picked up my dry cleaning: kimono fabric tote purse from a friend living in Japan, a 50's gardenparty dress in royal blue with mustard-yellow flowers, and a pink crinoline I bought to wear under the dress. It's the second time the crinoline has been to the dry cleaners, and it STILL smells like old lady! I paid eleven bucks for it a thrift store, which smelled of mildew, so I didn't notice until I got home that the crinoline smelled of way too much cheap, flowery perfume and what I have come think must be the faint aroma of impending death.
Before I ever thought of taking the crinoline to the dry cleaners, I handwashed it, soaked it with a little white vinegar, hung it to dry and then packed it in a plastic bag with dryer seats. Result: I pissed off the old lady smell. It was still there, but now it was mad!
I can't even image what horror it'd be to fit something like this, or any large piece of furniture into my home and wake up the next morning to find all of the air in my apartment had been replaced with carnations, baby powder and cheap face cream. How would you get the smell out? And if you couldn't, would you just soak cotton balls in ammonia, stick them up your nose to kill off your sense of smell and offer gas masks to all your guests?
It's never a bargain if it turns out to be trash.

lucy, you are soooooo right! I have to say not, just a little too funeral home.

come on... the plastic cover makes it. hot in a "sticks to the back of your legs" sort of way.

My sister has a sofa similar to this, but the pattern is very geometric (lots of circles and intertwining parallelograms) and the angles are sharp are not rounded. It was in her house when she moved in, left from the previous owner.

The thing weighs a ton, but it's gorgeous. She's not in love with ("It's old and kinda ugly.") so I'm still trying to convince her that I can take it off her hands -- that is the kind of sacrifice I am willing to make in the name of sisterly love.

It's a kick ass sofa needing some updated upholstery and modern side kicks.