FORT Koffee Klatch - Page 14

MsFroggy · 07-05-2006, 12:54 PM

I have some slipcovers from Target. They're pretty good and they fit quite well, although we have weirdly angular sofas and all slipcovers fit a bit loose on them, no matter what we do. I'll have to try the rolled up newspaper thing or the PVC pipe though.

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famita · 07-05-2006, 01:08 PM

Ok, so I came to this expecting to read some interesting tales and myrosiedog is sharing her family epistle and I'm rolling on the floor-geez, you have my kind of humor! And then Newfherder and Muduh share their hilarious tales. (Newfherder, your cousin sounds like me when I drank-couldn't get rid of my clothes fast enough!) OMG, my office mate is wondering why I'm laughing so hard! I thank you all!

PGM35, nice redecorating!

Muduh · 07-05-2006, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ana Bannana

Cool thread!!
I am back to work after a 4 day break. DH is off this entire week, and since I started this job Mid-May, I didn't think it would be right to request a week off so soon.

Slip covers seem to look nice until they get all messed up. I see someone suggested a rolled up magazine, that does work pretty good, so does a piece of PVC. I ordered from Surefit before, a cover for an ottoman. Unfortunately, my ottoman was just a smidge too big, so I had to send it back. But the quality was good and the color was true to the picture in the catalog.

The magazine thing is good, but my son has a SureFit cover on his sofa and has had it for a few years. With a little one slidding down all the time, it was always slipping so I rolled up the newspaper, long ways and then put a strip of that rubber stuff that you buy to line your cabinets with. I got it at Big Lots, for vey little money. Put the rubber stuff around the paper, slide it down behind the cushions and at the ends where the arms are. The cover does not slip now.

Anyway, the catalog is nice to have so that you can keep comparing before you decide. I'm not an impulse shopper for big items, and need to keep looking back, again and again.

PGM35 · 07-05-2006, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ana Bannana

Cool thread!!
Slip covers seem to look nice until they get all messed up. I see someone suggested a rolled up magazine, that does work pretty good, so does a piece of PVC.

As you can tell from the picture of the new covers - they DO get messed up - I should have smoothed it out a little more.

daddyzgirl · 07-05-2006, 07:38 PM

Nice pics PGM!

Muduh, Newfherder, and Rosie - those were great stories! I defintely needed a laugh today and I sure got one

Muduh · 07-05-2006, 08:42 PM

Just a short memory about "the boyfriend". This poor guy put up with more than any one suitor should ever have to, let me tell you. We didn't have running water in the house, which necessitated a run out across the yard in one direction for water, or the other direction for the outhouse. Mind you, this was right in the middle of town. Well it was summer, steaming hot, and my sister decided to wash her hair out on th back steps. She finished with that soapy water and turned around to sling it across the yard, and around the corner of the house strolled the boyfriend. She caught him full in the chest with what was probably a couple of gallons of soapy, "hair" water. I still remember the look on his face.

prhoshay · 07-05-2006, 09:00 PM

Am I the only person who did not know that you can use 5 of those 20% off coupons at one time in Bed, Bath, and Beyond??? The only thing I was sure of was that they never expire!

angelic_one2002 · 07-05-2006, 09:19 PM

I didnt know that either, prhoshay.

Nice to know tho, as I love that store!

Muduh · 07-05-2006, 09:26 PM

I saw that Kohl's is having a very big sale. Wish I could go. The nearest Kohl's is a long way away.

marybethp · 07-05-2006, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by prhoshay

Am I the only person who did not know that you can use 5 of those 20% off coupons at one time in Bed, Bath, and Beyond??? The only thing I was sure of was that they never expire!

Awesome, isn't it?!?!?! AND they accept coupons from Linens N Things too!

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Originally Posted by Muduh

I saw that Kohl's is having a very big sale. Wish I could go. The nearest Kohl's is a long way away.

Muduh - they have "the biggest sale of the season" oh, about every 4 days or so.

They also have online shopping with 99cent shipping a lot at Kohls.com

07-05-2006, 12:54 PM	#131
MsFroggy peace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,439	I have some slipcovers from Target. They're pretty good and they fit quite well, although we have weirdly angular sofas and all slipcovers fit a bit loose on them, no matter what we do. I'll have to try the rolled up newspaper thing or the PVC pipe though. __________________ "Paint a picture forty shades of gray."

07-05-2006, 09:00 PM	#137
prhoshay Signed, Sealed, Delivered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right Here, Right Now Posts: 9,079	Am I the only person who did not know that you can use 5 of those 20% off coupons at one time in Bed, Bath, and Beyond??? The only thing I was sure of was that they never expire! __________________ "...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer You are the only person responsible for your happiness.

07-05-2006, 09:19 PM	#138
angelic_one2002 still rockin' Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: the buckeye state Posts: 6,269	I didnt know that either, prhoshay. Nice to know tho, as I love that store! __________________ "True love is when you put someone on a pedestal and they fall - but you are there to catch them." - Author Unknown

07-05-2006, 01:08 PM	#132
famita FORT Fogey Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,160	Ok, so I came to this expecting to read some interesting tales and myrosiedog is sharing her family epistle and I'm rolling on the floor-geez, you have my kind of humor! And then Newfherder and Muduh share their hilarious tales. (Newfherder, your cousin sounds like me when I drank-couldn't get rid of my clothes fast enough!) OMG, my office mate is wondering why I'm laughing so hard! I thank you all! PGM35, nice redecorating!

07-05-2006, 07:38 PM	#135
daddyzgirl 75 seasons strong... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Training Camp Posts: 607	Nice pics PGM! Muduh, Newfherder, and Rosie - those were great stories! I defintely needed a laugh today and I sure got one

07-05-2006, 08:42 PM	#136
Muduh FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,449	Just a short memory about "the boyfriend". This poor guy put up with more than any one suitor should ever have to, let me tell you. We didn't have running water in the house, which necessitated a run out across the yard in one direction for water, or the other direction for the outhouse. Mind you, this was right in the middle of town. Well it was summer, steaming hot, and my sister decided to wash her hair out on th back steps. She finished with that soapy water and turned around to sling it across the yard, and around the corner of the house strolled the boyfriend. She caught him full in the chest with what was probably a couple of gallons of soapy, "hair" water. I still remember the look on his face.

07-05-2006, 09:26 PM	#139
Muduh FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,449	I saw that Kohl's is having a very big sale. Wish I could go. The nearest Kohl's is a long way away.