Functional purchase. Likely replace down the road.
Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 MST 2015
brittanymc
Rating:3.0
VERIFIED PURCHASE
I ended up purchasing this couch because it looked to be the style I wanted and the first couch I purchased on ******* ended up in some 12 week shipping purgatory. Overstock has always had an A+ in my book for easy of shipping/delivery so when I discovered this couch I figured I would give it a try.
There was no reviews on the sectional when I ordered it but I did find some generally positive notes on the SoFast Sofa so I decided I'd give this a shot.
The sofa arrived in one very large box and was actually rather simple to put together. The cushions are vacuum packed memory foam, so I opened and aired those out first. Then, slid together the major pieces of the sectional's frame.
Putting together the couch you get an idea for its very low-to-mid quality construction. Some metal/plastic railings guide everything together but there is no way to secure things, and one of the arms on my couch doesn't seem to slide all the way to the locked position and has remained a little loose.
My biggest pet peeve with the couch is the backing for the main part of the sofa. It is a piece of fabric which is sewn into the top of the couch and has Velcro at the bottom that *should* allow you to attach it to the underside railing of the couch. On my couch that fabric has been cut unevenly and it will not Velcro down appropriately. The back piece of fabric is therefore loose and wavy instead of achieving a tight fit as you would expect a normal couch to look like. Fortunately, I have placed my sectional along a wall so that you never see the back side of the couch, but I would never feel comfortable having this sectional "floating" in the room because the back looks so terrible.
I spent maybe 30 mins putting the couch together by myself, but spent another 2 hours trying my best to stretch out that back piece of fabric to have a prayer of getting it to Velcro down. Not enjoyable. I know I could probably have asked Overstock to resend that piece and see if I got something that fit better, but honestly I just didn't feel like dealing with the inconvenience given where the couch would be positioned in our apartment.
Usually I look at the pieces I ordered on Overstock and say, its not perfect but its pretty great for the price. But, I can't say that about this couch. Its an average couch. I think there are probably better deals out there in terms of getting more quality for a lower price.
PROS: mid-century modern look, sectional is great size: big enough for lounging but fits into smaller apartment space well, I like the dark gray linen fabric
CONS: quality of construction is questionable, back piece of Velcro down fabric does not fit to couch frame, value is only so-so