Wayfair Review

Hey Everyone!

   I have bought a few pieces of furniture from Wayfair and thought it would be great to do a review on it as sometimes it is scary to purchase such a large item you haven; actually seen with your own eyeballs. 

   The first purchase I made from Wayfair was my desk, that I am absolutely in love with! I was trying to find a desk that was quite small as we live in a basement apartment with not a lot of space. I had been looking for quite sometime with no luck as anything I had found was quite pricy. I came across Wayfair and got looking around on the website and found that there were so many different decor styles and options, I also found the site easy to navigate. I found a plain old white desk that was nothing fancy but was exactly what I was looking for! I checked the measurements and then went into where it was going to be and it was going to fit like a glove. I grabbed my credit card, punched in my information and ta da, I had finally found my desk. I remember receiving my unharmed order quite quickly, I believe it was within a week and a half. (I was shocked because it arrived a couple of days earlier than they had estimated.) Even better was when I got home from work Stephen had put together my desk for me. (What a sweetheart, eh?) I love my desk, it is the perfect size for me and holds everything that I need. 


I don't have a picture of my desk and it is cluttered right now, so I thought I would just throw up the image from the website. The link for it is listed below..

http://www.wayfair.com/Altra-Furniture-Parsons-Writing-Desk-with-Drawer-9178-HQZ1152.html

The only thing I dislike about this couch is that the bottom of the cushions are not covered, so if you like to flip them around (like I do) so they don't too worn .. you can't.   The second thing that I ordered from Wayfair was my couch. The couch we had prior to this one was a hand me down from my parents and was over 10 years old ... the springs were starting to poke you in the rear, if you sat there long enough you hips would ache as the support was practically non-existent and the foam in the cushion was flat as a pancake when you were sitting down. Stephen and I had the image of the couch .. or rather, I had an image in my head of what I wanted the couch to look like. I knew I wanted something that was either grey or blue and of course I knew what shades I wanted as well. I also knew that I wanted fabric and not leather as I absolutely HATE leather furniture .. if it's hot out you're stuck to the couch and if it's chilly you're butt feels as if you are sitting on an ice cube. (I know I live in Canada and all, but no .. I don't live in an igloo.)  Anyways I was online looking around at all the different styles of couches when I found THE one. I showed it to Stephen who agreed with me and thought it looked beautiful and comfy. We placed another order and waited impatiently for it to arrive. This time the experience I had was slightly different. We were hoping it would come before Christmas .. and it was supposed to, but no luck. This time our order was going through another company as it was a larger item and could not be shipping through Canada Post. Wayfair did their due diligence and was again a delight to deal with. However, the people who actually brought our couch to our door were not as friendly, helpful or punctual.  I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the company who brought the couch to our door, but they were terrible. We had scheduled several different times to have the couch delivered and then they would call us an hour before and say they were not coming at all that day, which was quite frustrating as we needed to be here for it to be delivered, so we were missing work. The lady we kept speaking with on the phone was rude and told us that they were not driving all the way out to our house and they were going to hold onto our couch until someone else was out this way. We finally got fed up with waiting, (about a month and a half it sat in their warehouse) Stephen called and told the lady he wanted it delivered by this date as we had been more than patient and it could be forever before the have to come out our way from Toronto. He also explained that we had already paid the shipping and were quite annoyed that they kept blowing us off and felt they were taking advantage of our good nature. Finally the couch came, the one guy was quite rude and said to me that this was ridiculous that he had to drive out this far from Toronto and the couch was heavy, blah blah blah. The other man was an absolute gentleman and he made the experience much better. Overall the couch was packaged carefully and there was no damage to it at all. I was a little concerned with where a sticker was placed on the seat because when I peeled it off it left a darker spot but, when I took some soap and a scrub brush it came out no problem. The colour was slightly darker than it showed online and there is also small dark lines in the fabric that it doesn't show on the web, but all in all it is the perfect piece for our living room and I absolutely love it! The only thing I dislike about this couch is that the bottom of the cushions are not covered, so if you like to flip them around (like I do) so they don't too worn .. you can't. It is also super comfy and so easy to clean! (I have had to clean it a few times as Chloe had an accident so it doesn't stain easily either, another bonus.)


Here is the link:

http://www.wayfair.com/Sanford-Sofa-6640038-6640138-GNT3183.html

Thank you so much for reading and I'll talk to you in my next post!
Jenna