10/30 The pink sofa is no more

[darkemeralds]

Can you believe it? IKEA discontinued my pink couch and sold the very last one in the Pacific Northwest yesterday!



The website, which two days ago showed several pink couches in stock, today said the Portland store was sold out. So I rode out there to get some exercise and inquire in person about placing an order against the next shipment.


Unsurprisingly, hardly anyone ever bikes to IKEA

IKEA is famous for discontinuing stuff without notice, and I should have acted more promptly, but...well, I didn't. All my design schemes unraveled as the nice woman in the living-room furniture section confirmed the bad news. But wait, she said. We'll be getting an orange version of the same sofa in April...


Artist's conception of the as-yet-nonexistent sofa bed in Skeftibo Orange

So I spent the ride home conjuring up a whole new design involving the saturated orange she showed me a sample of. I think the disappearance of the pink couch might be fortuitous, because I'm liking this intense color better.

Comments

[oonaseckar]

You started a craze! I prefer pink to orange myself. But turquoise would be nice. They got any turquoise?

[darkemeralds]

Sadly, no. The other available colors in this sofa are staid, safe neutrals. There are several bright, Caribbean-blue accessory pieces, however. Side tables, a small chest, a lovely lampshade...