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When moving into a new apartment, there are a few options for your seating situation:
- Buy a brand new sofa. This will cost a shit-ton of dough.
- Dumpster diving. Beware of bed bugs.
- Thrift store/ garage sale. You could probably find something good, but transportation will be annoying.
Or you can go to Home Reserve and order a custom made sofa:

You can customize everything from the style of the sofa (Avenue, Monroe, Laney, etc.) to the fabrics (Cricket Orange, Corso Granite, Miles Citrus, etc.). It's reasonably priced too, starting at $300 (loveseats, chairs, sectionals all start at different price points).

The catch? You need to assemble it yourself.
They claim that it's easy and comes out very sturdy. . . but so does Ikea, and we all know that isn't really true for the most part.
[Prices Vary, Home Reserve]
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