{"id":28065,"date":"2025-07-12T23:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T22:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28065"},"modified":"2025-07-30T00:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:51:24","slug":"home-new-sofa-bed-restored-footstool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28065","title":{"rendered":"HOME: New Sofa-Bed, & Restored Footstool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Green velvet sofa-bed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sofa-bed under construction, plus footstool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was at about this point that I realised something\u2026 This was clearly not<\/em> the sofa I had ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the arms (which, to compound matter, didn\u2019t work), that really nailed the realisation. The sofa pictured on the Amazon listing could be totally flattened: both back and sides fold down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas, with the sofa we received the back didn\u2019t adjust at all – the two panels were just solid – and the arm mechanisms are very clearly<\/em> totally different!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The clearest point of of difference is #3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After much wrangling – during which the manufacturer, Yaheetech, maintained that it was the correct sofa-bed; whilst their middleman supplier, Monumart, agreed it wasn\u2019t – a resolution was eventually reached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the biggest annoyance of all this is the waste of time and energy. And we still don\u2019t have a replacement for the \u2018old and busted\u2019 sofabed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bummer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very pleased with this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On a happier note, my restored footstool looks ace. And is now doing sterling service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prior to staining\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was at about this point that I realised something\u2026 This was clearly not the sofa I had ordered. It was the arms (which, to compound matter, didn\u2019t work), that really nailed the realisation. The sofa pictured on the Amazon listing could be totally flattened: both back and sides fold down. Whereas, with the sofa … <\/p>\n

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