December 2: I washed the couch. A couple months ago, we bought the Ektorp sleeper sofa from Ikea. We had shopped various stores without finding the perfect one, so we got this with the main appeal of washability. I’d never washed a couch before. Turns out, not hard. Back to a nice white sofa, and it felt good to sit down, kind of like that first time you slide into freshly-changed sheets.
If you’re contemplating an Ektorp sofa, leave a comment and I’ll expound further…