Thursday, May 21, 2015

How many times are appropriate to repair something before replacing it, really?

In my opinion enough is enough when you have seemed to lose count.

And such is the situation with my recliner that Hubby has fixed the mechanism too many times to remember, and it is only a little over ten years old.

I can remember when furniture lasted.
Like the furniture we sold to the people who bought our home in NJ, it was still like new at fifteen years old then in 1986, we bought most when we married in 1971, although our bedroom set was a gift from my parents at that time too.
It was all sold since we felt it was cheaper than moving it all and since we have been through too many to mention incarnations of other home furnishings since moving here to Florida.

Our sofa also has become beyond cleaning and torn ever so slightly but enough to know about, in the worn areas. Hubby's recliner, the mate to mine has been torn with wear marks as well, thus all our throws and Surefit covers over the three.
But my mechanism was the thruster that determined that something had to be done, since Hubby has configured parts to sustain its ability to move without too much difficulty for my right shoulder to manipulate the contraption/lever to place my legs in an upright and comfortable position for my too many days very sore body!The lithium oil he used this time really stunk too, and even with his valiant efforts within hours a screw and washer spilled out from beneath the worn out piece!

Aggravation and constant difficulty with each of the three items made it evident we had to do something, but affordability was just as important to us as well as comfort, and so we searched the web since last Sunday.
Apparently, the timing is right due to the holiday weekend the sales are on!
Lazy boy and Baers and Rooms to Go oh my, American Signature, Savon were not as good a buy!
Although as we shopped we kept coming back to Rooms to Go, and no whenever we bought furniture before we paid cash for anything we bought, never ever financed furniture it just seemed silly to us. 
But as they advertise no interest till 2020 now, amazing and true we found out!
Not getting crazy and staying within budget of what if we decided to pay for the whole thing early, no early payment penalty either, only forty bucks a month, for a couple thousand dollars worth of furniture would you believe with a percentage down, a little more than ten percent!
So once we were approved for three times more than what we actually were spending we made the deal and so we will be getting our delivery Saturday!
Two reclining powered loveseats doubled, less is more, shorter than the sofa but only a few inches wider than our recliner with our current table in between, in ivory micro suede with extra stain protector a little bit more but still within budget.
We rarely entertain anymore but this is our TV movie room and so
whenever Number One Son comes now with his gal we will all be comfortable to entertain them! YAY hip hip hooray!

Years ago a friend from the Arthritis Foundation Aquatics group had suggested them to me, that is Rooms to Go, personally I didn't get the concept and it was not my style to have too matchy, matchy furniture and the payment plan seemed too good to be true, so I went the route of buy as you go and see what you like instead and it worked fine for years.
Now I get the concept, you can be as original or matchy, matchy as you care to be, and oddly enough we did buy twins this time, but as always what we have accessorized wise is not like that, but individually accumulated as we have gone along, so I suppose our rooms to go does go! Heehee!

On that note of another realization in life, allow me to be the very first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you all to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know whom and we will too! 

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

PS if in the Port Charlotte Florida Rooms to Go ask for Patricia she was a very helpful salesperson and she made the sale since she helped us just right.

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