Yes I gave my sofa away. My painter asked for it on behalf of his friend who had moved into a new home but had no money left for a sofa. I was glad that within hours 3 adults and 3 children came and took it. There was more space for the renewal project that was rolling out in the flat. Furniture come and go and this going was a relief.
When the changes were done I started to rearrange and put things up again. I was thinking of the sofa that I wanted. Fuss free and cool to sit on. Then I saw it. I was returning after lunch and the cleaners were moving a wooden sofa out of the elevator. "You are throwing this away?" I asked and they said "You want?" I looked under the torn fabric and said yes very quickly. I could always get these guys to move it out if I changed my mind. These workers help flat dwellers to move bulky furniture for free!
So they checked with their supervisor and had permission to move it to my unit. I cleaned it. After tearing out the torn fabric, the original cushion cover was beautiful. I took pictures and showed my friends the before and after of the sofa. It did not help that on Sunday there was a full write up about bed bugs ... how they move and survive ... and come through old furniture! I was warned that the sofa could be infested.
With heaviness of heart I treated the sofa as prescribed. So far whatever God gave me had been good stuff. They get better after I recondition them and have esteem positions in my home. Then I am also aware that the land flowing with milk and honey for the children of Israel had enemies that must be wiped out before they live in it. So I proceeded. I dripped the lethal formula through the joints and fabric of the entire piece and waited.
No bugs. Beyond that, the dried glue that held the previous fabric was falling off! So while trying to remove the bugs that thankfully were not there, the dried glue was also removed!
This is more than my dream chair. It is an exotic piece. I saw the beauty under the torn fabric and it now sits in regal stature, with a story that will be told again and again, how it came to us.
