Friday, November 19, 2010

A BIG Mistake!

Today the sectional couch we ordered on Sept. 24 was delivered.
Look at it!

We needed it to fit 68 inches of wall space, and it was 10 inches too long! The images we were given to fit into our space on paper indicated that those two pieces would be 26 + 42 inches. We were never told that those were the inside measurements.

Much waiting and many phone calls ensued, with the two delivery men standing around, chatting amiably with us, for 1 1/2 hours. It was finally determined that the end piece would be returned and a new long piece equaling 68 inches in total will be manufactured. We just hope it will not take another two months. . . .

This is what we have now, which looks much better than it did.
Cisco and Maisie sniffing the new couch

The dogs have been sniffing the couch and the various cushions. We hope that Maisie will not climb up on the sofa, as she did with the old love seat.

Here is guilty looking Maisie, who is trying to get down before I see her.

My mother helped me pick out that love seat when we moved into this house in 1987. It is now sitting in BJ's old room, awaiting MJ having her own apartment in fall 2011. (Trinity University requires its students to live on-campus for the first three years of college.)

We also hope that Maisie will not chew and rip the new couch as she did with the above pictured love seat. Go here if you want to see what damage she inflicted upon it.

4 comments:

Princess of Everything (and then some) said...

Why in the world would those be the INSIDE measurements?!?!?! I would have thought that was the total measurement.

Terri said...

ok. I spent some time working in the interior design industry...ordering sofa's for people, custom made sofas. inside measurements? no one would have thought that....it's a silly excuse for a dumb mistake. But I'm glad they are going to make you a new one.

Cathy said...

Agreed with Princess of Everything and Mompriest, what on earth is the use of inside measurements? How silly.

Lovely to see piccies of Maisie tho, guilty expression or not! And Cisco too. Beautiful dawgs! :-)

Nancy said...

I enjoyed seeing the pictures of Maisie now compared with last year (in the previous post)!!