Would You Sit on These?

Ahhh. Nothing beats coming home after a long, stressful day at the office and just flopping into that big, soft, comfy sofa with its giant pillows and its abundance of stretch room. Perfect for laying out or curling up, whichever tickles your fancy. I’ve always judged a good sofa by how hard it is to get out of it, and how sad you become once you’re standing again. The best couch I’ve ever owned was this huge three-seater which my university roommates and I aptly nicknamed, “The Drain.” You couldn’t be in the same room as The Drain without being drawn into its cushions. Once enveloped, you’d go from sitting to lying very quickly, and without fail, you’d eventually become unconscious. Oh, and good luck ever getting off the couch, for it has surely drained your will and your strength to do anything other than watch an entire season of Six Feet Under.

The best part about the drain is that it cost next to nothing. $50 bucks plus the gas to pick it up for years worth of lazy Sunday comfort. I mention all this because I recently discovered the complete opposite. Ridiculously expensive sofas and what is infinitely worse, ridiculously uncomfortable sofas. If you had the means, would you even consider buying these? And if you did, would you even want to sit on them?

Who ever imagined that you could walk into a diamond jewellery store and walk out with a couch? Well, over at Swarowski, the Diamond Sofa is the centre piece of their furniture collection and is studded with more than 750,000 swarowski crystals. I feel awkward standing anywhere near crystal, I certainly can’t imagine feeling comfortable and relaxed lounging out on it. Although the imprints this sofa would leave on your face would be priceless!

Labelled the “World’s Most Expensive Sofa,” this stainless steel creation has been polished to a mirror-like surface. You can expect to dish out approximately $300,000 for this shiny seat, as it was conceived and constructed by the designer/architect/artist Ron Arad and is considered to be a work of art.

They say green is the new black. Well, without a black diamond in sight it’ll cost you nearly $6000 to purchase this recycled sofa made from salvaged materials. Designed by Trevor O’Neil and named Dulce De Leche Divan, this piece of furniture is made from recycled cork and birch. Makes one wonder how many wine bottles Mr. O’Neil had to crack open to collect enough cork for an entire couch.

While these pieces are certainly creative and beautiful, I could never see myself having one in my living room. Of course, the people who can afford these sofas probably have several living rooms, only one of which is actually liveable, while the rest are used to show off their crystal couches and their blue diamond love seats. Personally, I’d take The Drain over all of these anyhow; in fact it’s calling me now, draining me of the ambition to make enough money to buy ridiculously expensive furniture.