Sittin’ Pretty

The new sofa arrived from Bassett’s on Saturday afternoon. That was cause for a fair amount of scurrying around to make room for it, as all of the AcoustiSound equipment was stacked in the living room. I had been meaning to get out all last week and get a sheet of heavy plywood to “floor” the van, and so that had to be done early Saturday morning.

I got lucky at the Home Depot, and found someone to lop 6″ off the end of the sheet so it would fit. Seem’s Ford’s better idea (Ford marketers coined the “better idea people” phrase for their advertising some years back. Notice that you haven’t heard that for a while) for the Windstar was to make the floor area behind the seats too small for a full sheet of plywood or drywall, limiting its usefulness as an actual van.

Anyway, with the sheet of plywood installed, it’s a lot easier to load and unload the sound gear, as the wheels on the racks don’t fall into the seat mount holes, and the big, heavy, carpet-covered speakers can be slid in and out much more easily. Sliding carpet against carpet is almost like trying to move a sleeping elephant (don’t ask. It’s early, and I’m very tired).

Anyway, the couch is exactly what we wanted. It was a little hard to be sure in the store with just the little fabric swatches to go on, but it works so well in the room, and it’s really, really comfy!