We have had our Solae sofa for over a year now. In celebration of the couch surviving our small-space-hard- wearing family and a friendship forged with Article, Article is generously offering a $500 giveaway here on the blog. It’s in fact the first giveaway ever hosted here on the blog!

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This seemed like the perfect opportunity to update you on how the Solae has been working out for us. I don’t always get the chance to respond to older comments and questions so hopefully I can capture all of that here. Here is the original post about our Solae (A Modular Sofa for our Small Space) and a video we made with Article about our space (Small Space Living with Kids: A Video with Article).

Layout

We’ve been so happy with the layout and how it has opened up our living room, allowing for more floorspace without compromising on seats. I’m especially grateful for the additional ottoman when we are hosting a lot of friends. The kids still jump and run on the couch though there have been some accidents so we have been trying to cut back on it a bit. I would say the couch is medium firm and hasn’t softened a ton since we got it. Which bodes well for the long term, I think.

Not sure if you can notice in the pictures but we have played around with the layout a bit putting a side table between two of the sections at times. That’s the benefit of a modular sofa, you don’t have to stick to one layout. Sometimes I am asked if the separate sections are uncomfortable. I would say, yes I don’t prefer to sit in between the two pieces but there are enough spots without a crack that it doesn’t bother me. Mae on the other hand loves to wedge herself in the crack, it’s her favourite spot, haha.

I’ve also noticed that we spend more time on the floor sitting up against the couch because of it’s low proximity to the ground and the comfy sides.

I’ve even had a few friends buy the same couch (in different configurations) after sitting on ours. I’ve been known to offer acquaintances to come over and try it out, ha! A couch is a big decision and I’m happy to facilitate, not saying I can invite everyone reading this over ;).

Care

There was some initial pilling but it has calmed and we also had a darker blanket that was contributing to the pilling. I’ve swapped out the blanket for a softer grey wool blanket that doesn’t cause pilling. As for stains… well we keep eating to the kitchen (except popcorn on movie nights) and somehow magically we haven’t spilled any wine on it (and now that I’ve written that out I probably will this weekend). I’ve wiped down any marks with a cloth and soap and water and that has worked so far.

Movie Night

We often set up the projector on Friday nights and I don’t usually get a photo of the layout so I set it up here so you can get a sense of the cozy couch/bed we make. There are more cords when it is actually playing and yes we stress about the projector being touched or bumped by little ones. We have a highly sensitive 6 year old who scares easily so we tend to rotate the same movies… current movie favourites: Sing, It Takes Two, Daddy Daycare, Toy Story (1 and 4), Frozen. Current Christmas Favourites…. The Grinch (Jim Carrey version), Home Alone.

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