Comments on: After five years of searching, Bob finds his midcentury sofa at Macy’s

By: Barb Scott

Barb Scott — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:57:13 +0000

http://www.toddoldhamstudio.com/furniture.html

Check out Todd Oldham’s stuff on this site! My husband and I are especially fond of the baby blue chaise with the hairpin legs. We love the lines on this piece! There is also a tan-colored chair with the hairpin legs that is an abbreviated version of the chaise.

A lot of his stuff certainly has midcentury modern lines to it….but we’re darned if we can find anywhere that that chair (or any of this stuff) is available. I know that Oldham did design for La-Z-Boy, but that relationship was broken off a couple of years ago.

Not sure if this stuff on the site is just concept or not, but lots of it would certainly go well with midcentury decor!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:14:26 +0000

Yes! The legs are removable.

By: PugFreek

PugFreek — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:39:28 +0000

We Dont have macys in the land of oz, too bad…

By: michelle

michelle — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:48:54 +0000

I have this sofa and it’s been great so far. I think you could take the legs off –one of our sofa legs actually fell off shortly after we bought it and had to have a service call because the piece it mounted to was dislodged as well. When this happened, we took all the other legs off to keep them from breaking and they were easy to get on and off. The sofa was fixed by the macy’s repair guy but their customer service is kind of dumb and useless, imo.

By: pghjezebel

pghjezebel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:08:59 +0000

I LOVE this sofa, but its a bit too big for my door. Does anyone happen to know if the legs are removable?? Macy’s customer support line was less than helpful!

By: NancyDrew01

NancyDrew01 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:56:58 +0000

This is so funny. I take years to make decisions (my mint-green tiled bath is neither painted or wallpapered after seven years), but the moment I saw this sofa I knew it was the perfect thing. I ordered it a month ago in the chocolate brown color, and it will be delivered in two weeks! I can’t wait.

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:47:50 +0000

Yes, we are not alone.

It has been very illuminating (in a ‘laughing with you’ not ‘laughing at you’ kind of way) to hear from readers and their stories of … tortured… excrutiating … decision making.

Again - that’s fundamentally why I started this blog. That was me, too.

And after going through it, and getting to decisions that, hey, worked out pretty well, I thought it would be good to share so others might spare the pain. - Mother Pamela Theresa (my true confirmation middle name!)

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:24:36 +0000

I know this isn’t a “self-help” blog, but I can’t tell you how good it is to know that I’m not the only one who takes a long time to make a decision! (Going on three years now to decide about a kitchen floor…)

By: SaltLake Bonnie

SaltLake Bonnie — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:09:56 +0000

I bought this couch and loveseat combo at Macy’s this May in the same color as you, Stone. It is fabulous! I really like the pear color, but our fireplace is green terrazzo, and so the pear would not work. I also debated the dark chocolate color, but like Angela, we have animals and I was worried about the fur showing.

We bought our home in March and the large leather sofas we had in our much larger Victorian would not even make the corner turn into our new living room, so we were couchless for a few months.

During “The Great Couch Search,” on a complete impulse, I brought home a flowered early 1960’s vintage couch and chair from an estate sale. They were heavy, springy and we literally gouged our original hardwood floor moving them into the living room. They also had a very musty, smokey odor that permeated the entire house, even though I steam cleaned them three times. Once the weather got hot and we were unable to leave the windows open to rid the house of the smell, my husband had had enough and insisted that we sell the set.

After that learning experience, I realized that there were some things I needed to by new, not vintage!

By: veg-o-matic

veg-o-matic — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:42 +0000

Hi, it’s Bob!
Mary, I do like that Petrie couch from CB, especially in the “Hydra” (light blue/green) upholstery. The price, though… Which is why I didn’t bother checking CB in the first place! (I did scope out one of their outlets in Leesburg, VA. Very disappointing, in that most of the furniture there was actually *damaged*, not just shopworn.)
For a good long while, I had a sofabed very similar to the Petrie on order at Urban Outfitter. But the weeks turned to months and I eventually realized that buying a piece of furniture I had never even sat on (I ordered it online) was madness. Not to mention the fact that the shipping date kept being delayed. So I cancelled that.
I think my Corona sofa must have been on the front page of a Macy’s ad, because I never read their ads or go into the stores. It was definitely worth it to get this couch, though. Oh, and P.S. I applied for a charge card while I was buying it, so I got an extra 15% off
To Angela I say that the upholstery seems reasonably sturdy. While I only have one wiener dog, she hasn’t destroyed it yet. YMMV.
I’ll take a picture of the curtains if I remember. They’re a very funky pattern of stylized birdcages done in white, green, and brown on pink.
Now if I can just find a nice pair of lamps…

Bob