When my buddy Carl asked me to help him pick up a new living room set, I was glad to help.

After all, I have a box truck and didn’t have any other plans.

On our way to the chain furniture store, Carl would not stop talking about what a great deal he got on a leather sofa, leather loveseats, plus a leather recliner. He told me that the new coffee table was solid oakwood too. When he told me the price he paid for this living room set, I couldn’t believe it. For leather and oak, it was less than half of what I would expect. I was thinking about looking at a furniture set myself while we were there. However, I changed my mind really quickly when I saw the living room set that Carl had already paid for. It was not real leather or oak. I could tell just by looking at it that the sofa was actually vinyl and that the “oak” coffee table just appeared to be a solid piece of furniture. In actuality, it was all particle board. I tried explaining this to Carl but he would not hear it. He had me smell the couch. Sure enough, it had that leather smell to it but it was a fake leather smell. Since he wouldn’t listen to reason, I loaded up Carl’s living room set and helped him get it into his house. But no, I won’t be going to that furniture store for my sofa. I’m pretty sure you have to go to a place that custom builds furniture to get real leather couches and real oak coffee tables nowadays.

Wooden table