Custom Love Seat
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New upholstered love sofa with the new cover and throw pillows. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
Custom Love Seat
Does this look familiar, someone sitting on a love seat - well, in this case - sleeping on the love seat and falling through the cushions? Better yet, have you tried to find a love seat with a solid back and cushion so that your sleeping cat doesn’t fall in between the pillows? And maybe you don’t as well??
One of my cats is slowly disappearing between the two love seat cushions. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
From what I could gather from my research, all love seats have two bottom cushions and two back pillows, assuming two people will be seating on the furniture. In my household, however, one person tends to sit on the love seat with a cat on either side, leaving the one person to fall into the center opening between the bottom and back cushions. Or, in this case, the cat slowly disappears between the cushions since we all know cats have to sit and sleep in the smack dab middle of everything.
One of my cats volunteered to demonstrate, see how the back pillows are spineless and it’s easy to fall through the seat cushions? He really is trying to sleep but his back paws are straddling the moving love seat cushions.
My cat is straddling the moving love seat cushions while he tries to sleep. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
I called a local upholstery shop and explained the problem. Maggie said she could easily make a solid bottom cushion and add fill to a solid back cushion as well.
Once I settled on the fabric and it was in the shop, it took about a month for the “new” love seat to come back home. What a difference!
This is my new old love seat with a solid bottom cushion and solid back. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
In terms of cost, it was less expensive to have the piece reupholstered than it would have been to go out and buy a new love seat. Even if I wanted something new, I would not have found one with a solid bottom or back cushion.
To make sure we are warm and cozy over winter, I found a matching fake fur sofa cover.
Love sofa covers, this one is fake fur and matches the new upholstery. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
Hmmm, doesn’t quite look right. Let me make a few adjustments to show you how this really will be allocated and used!
Now this is how the cats will really use this love seat! (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
Had to add the Cat Mischief lap quilt, it’s perfect to brighten up the corner. Isn’t it amazing how cats can find the exact center of everything??
Charlotte
