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RENSKE HAS BOUGHT A RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE SOFA WITHOUT SITTING ON IT FIRST

So, now it's your turn!

Well, fasten your seatbelts, because I've had a couple of hysterical days again. A new cool sofa had to come in a hurry – long story, see below – and that's no easy task, I can tell you. Especially when you suddenly fall in love with a ridiculously expensive sofa after extensive online research that you can't just race over to try out, because the sofa is in fucking Bern.

Bern is in Switzerland. Goodness, do I have to spoon-feed everything here.

Alright. Anyone who thinks: jeeezzz, you can't be serious?! Buying a ridiculously expensive sofa from Bern without trying it out? Well, I say: yes, I am serious. In fact, I've already bought the sofa. If all goes well, it's already in the truck. And for everyone who immediately wants to see which sofa I've financially sunk myself into, check Eratonium.be. It's about the chocolate-colored Togo from Ligne Roset, designed by Michel Ducaroy. Admittedly, the sofa looks a bit like an insect, even like a larva. But I like it. The seating comfort of this downright iconic sixties/seventies sofa is said to be amazing. PLUS in The Lobby of Hotel V on Fizeaustraat in Amsterdam (the trendiest hotel at the moment) they have it too. And hotel people really know what they're doing when they buy a sofa, you know! So I say: nothing more to be done.

“Yes, I am serious. In fact, I've already bought the sofa.”

By the way, browsing the site is entirely at your own risk, because as you can see, Eratonium is a paradise for all kinds of high-quality interior stuff from the fifties and sixties.

Well, let me explain why I urgently needed a new sofa. We currently have a super cool black sofa made of cheap leather, one that is falling apart and where even guests don't want to sit anymore because it's just a hellish awful sofa. You sink into it and can barely breathe. And breathing is quite important in life.

In short, a new sofa had to come. However, there was terrible time pressure due to various work and family matters, so we kept postponing the search for the ideal new sofa. But the day before yesterday, we suddenly heard that we are moving in two weeks to a temporary but super cool house in the Jordaan. A house with a fireplace, moreover. And no way Jose am I going to sit suffocating in front of the fireplace on my old ugly sofa. It was immediately crystal clear: the sofa had to go. Out of my sight!

Well, soon the old sofa can wonderfully disappear from my sight. Because our new sofa is on its way with the truck. All the way from Bern! That’s in Switzerland, once again!

I am very curious how the sofa will look, because I haven't seen it live yet. Still, I think it will be a lovely sight, especially in combination with my new wall tapestry and a hundred thousand green plants.

Well. That’s actually about it. The only thing we can do now is wait.