The Problem
In this blog post we are going to look at how you can use a to-do list to help you with your sofa choice.
Do you ever feel like you are constantly running out of time to get your “house hold stuff” done? I do! This annoys my wife, and quite frankly that scares me a little bit (well a lot, actually )
So, I am working on improving, mostly for my own safety.
The Plan
Due to my ongoing moaning of “never finding time”, I took her advice and have started writing to-do lists.
This is proving very successful in some departments like not forgetting to collect kids on Wednesdays after football. It even helps remind me to buy that special organic almond milk stuff that she likes. But what I have noticed is that almost everything on the to-do list comes before “house hold stuff”. More importantly part of the “House hold Stuff” to-do list’ is … buy new sofas.
I appreciate that although little, that these 3 words are very daunting.
In our case, maybe less daunting than for some but also comes with its own challenges as between my wife and I, we run 2 of the Sofas & Stuff showrooms.
I, Jason, run the Hungerford Showroom and my “list insisting” wife (did I say that out loud ?!?!?) runs the Basingstoke Showroom.
I understand how, as a customer, you can definitely procrastinate the start of your sofa search. I have however decided to not be defeated by feeling overwhelmed with too many choices or using the excuse of running out of time. Instead I have come up with a strategic plan to combat all of the above.
Mostly to impress my wife, but secondly to achieve end goal of buying new sofas.
So here is our attack plan which we hope will help you too…
The Solution
The solution we have found to be the most effective is to approach the decision of buying a sofa with a to-do list. This helps us to stay focussed, and move along the process of purchasing a sofa effectively and in the smoothest possible way.
Our sofa buying to-do list:
- Measure up the space and maximum dimensions you can work with (width, depth & access- always think of door access)
- Have a vague idea of colours / fabrics / patterns / prints / textures
- Allocate uninterrupted time to peruse Sofas & Stuff website
- Order free fabric samples
- Shortlist the models I like
- Ask wife (or husband) to do the same, in the hopes that 1 of the choices will be the same
- Book a design consultation
- Visit one of our beautiful nationwide showrooms
- Take your time…
Visit Us
We would love to see you in our Hungerford sofa showroom which is absolutely gorgeous with amazing staff, myself included in that, however who I am actually referring to is Mary, who has worked at Sofas & Stuff Hungerford for 8 years and knows everything there is to know about sofas. Lorraine has an eye for design that is unquestionable and loves helping customers choose the perfect sofa for their home. The Hungerford showroom is set in the beautiful Leverton estate. We have a host of country pubs nearby to reward yourself with after the sofa search.
Once our customers are in store we walk them through their choices, explain the ins and outs of sofas. All this is done in the hope to make it more simple for you, and ensure you make a considered and confident purchase / decision.
Anyone reading this might think there is some healthy rivalry between the 2 showrooms, and if you did, you would be 100% correct😉 but not enough to stop coming home and still talking about OUR sofa…. And that’s before we start on the “which fabric conversation”.
A topic for next month maybe…
This is where we are in our “Sofa search” but these simple points have helped us get one step closer to making that purchase and I hope they can help you too. With that… I bid you farewell, and hope to see you and your list in our showroom where we will help you to TICK THAT BOX !
source : sofas & stuff
