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		<title>After five years of searching, Bob finds his midcentury sofa at Macy&#8217;s</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Bob sends in this great find from Macy&#8217;s:
Hi Pam,
First, want to say how much I enjoy your site. Okay, now my story! I&#8217;ve been looking (for the last 5 years!) for a suitable mid-century couch for my den.  I&#8217;d been hoping to find a vintage one, but that never worked out.  Then, [...]


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	<a href="http://retrorenovation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/macyscoronasofa.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3711" title="macyscoronasofa" src="http://retrorenovation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/macyscoronasofa.jpg" alt="Macy's Corona sofa" width="320" height="302" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">Macy&#39;s Corona sofa</p>
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	<a href="http://retrorenovation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/widdicomb-sofa.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4039" title="widdicomb-sofa" src="http://retrorenovation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/widdicomb-sofa-300x227.jpg" alt="Update Aug. 31: I saw this 1950s T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb sofa on ebay. Very similar to the line of Macy's sofa - don't you agree! - Pam" width="300" height="227" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">Update Aug. 31: I saw this 1950s T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb sofa on ebay. Very similar to the line of Macy&#39;s sofa - don&#39;t you agree! - Pam</p>
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<p><strong>Reader Bob sends in this great find from Macy&#8217;s:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Hi Pam,</p>
<p>First, want to say how much I enjoy your site. Okay, now my story! I&#8217;ve been looking (for the last 5 years!) for a suitable mid-century couch for my den.  I&#8217;d been hoping to find a vintage one, but that never worked out.  Then, while looking at Design Within Reach, I stumbled across the Bantam Sofa which was exactly what I had been looking for.  Unfortunately, their design certainly isn&#8217;t within MY reach, so I kept looking. You can imagine my surprise when I came across an almost identical sofa at Macy&#8217;s, of all places.  It&#8217;s called the Corona, and I just got mine about 2 weeks ago.  Not only is it stylish and comfortable (great for naps!), it&#8217;s well made and someone said it &#8220;looked like it was stolen out of Rob and Laura Petrie&#8217;s living room!&#8221; That&#8217;s exactly the look I was going for! The good news about this sofa is the price.  The Bantam is $1750.00. I got my Corona on sale for $630.00 (it&#8217;s almost always on sale.) It&#8217;s available in several colors, most of which I found unappealing. I got mine in &#8220;stone&#8221; which is basically gray. Thanks for the great site and all the great ideas!<br />
Bob</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Thanks, Bob! </strong>Great sofa, very nice lines! And I love how your gray sofa looks with those pink curtains. Pink-and-gray is a great color combo! Personally, I also like the Paprika (orange-red) color offered for the sofa, but then, burnt orange is my favorite color.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">Bob&#39;s grey example. He points out that it&#39;s hard to see the button tufting, a great feature, in this photo. And says: &quot;Also in the picture, you can see a bit of my step end tables and what I think may be a Harris Strong lamp. My den is very much a work-in-progress, so please pardon the patched plaster!&quot;</p>
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