I’m dedicating this Friday’s post to my new favorite company, LoveSac. Aside from the fact that I think their marketing is genius (their bags say “Lovesac.com is not a dirty website”), they offer a quality, flexible product. We went the LoveSac store in Tysons Corner, VA, because my parents were showing up for a visit the next day and we had no furniture in the new house. I needed seating and I needed it fast. First, I must say that the young hipster that helped us was incredibly knowledgeable and accommodating without being pushy. He seemed like he really believed in the product and I drank the Kool Aid. My husband was a little more skeptical, but soon bought into the shpeel.
We went into the store planning to purchase one Super Sac. After the presentation, we were so convinced that this was what we needed that we bought the Super Sac AND a Sactional (Love Sac’s version of the sectional) called the Movie Lounger. Total cost – a little over $2000.00. But here’s the thing, the Sactional can be configured in a variety of ways that I found very practical. The covers are also interchangeable for all products, so you can change the look and color of the room without having to buy new furniture. The covers can also withstand the slobbering, kneading and jumping of dogs which was critical for us. The covers are also machine washable. All, in all, we are sold.
We were a little concerned about fitting the furniture into the truck. No worries. The Super Sac is vacuum sealed into a cube-shaped bag that weighs about 90 pounds. It was heavy but would easily fit into any car.
I dragged it from the car and up the stairs and began to unpack the heavy cube. Unpacking consists of unzipping the bag, pulling out the heavy plastic sealed sac and pulling the plastic off. It’s interesting because the foam on the inside is essentially still in one big block.
So, you get to spend the next 2-3 hours “fluffing” the sac per the instructions on the outside of the bag. Fluffing consists of digging your fingers into the foam through the sac cover and pulling the foam apart. Then you flip the sac over, rinse and repeat. At first, you don’t think that its ever going to fluff up, but the circulation of the air helps the foam inside to expand.
It was a good workout and my fingers and arms ached. I ended up with a blister on my finger from perpetual fluffing, but within about three hours the foam within the sac was completely broken up.
It wasn’t particularly easy or as fun as the website or directions claimed it would be, but all in all, it wasn’t horrible and we did get immediate seating.
Here, you can see that Max truly enjoys the Super Sac.
We covered the Super Sac in the “Earth” Microfiber cover which is working perfectly. Love Sac recommends that you “chair” the sac before you sit in it to help give it the sustained form of a sofa.
We LOVE our Super Sac and highly recommend it for anyone looking for a quality, functional piece of furniture for any room.
Next Friday, I’ll chronicle the set-up of the Sactional. It’s uber groovy. Have a great weekend!
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