“Didn’t have much” large enough living room for two full sized couches, seemingly with ottomans as well.
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Ikr...I used an umbrella and a few old hand-me-down children books
Aye, we had to mine our own blanket forts out of the coal face, in our free time, overnight, after doing a twelve hour shift down the pit, after a full day at school.
At least you grew up with blankets and forts. We had to use grass and bushes to sleep. And we didn't have a floor, we had the ground.
You guys must be from the softer side of the world. When I was growing up, we fashioned sleeping sacks from the corpses of dead animals, and kept warm by hugging uranium rocks.
Warm? How nice it must have been to grow up warm. We only dreamt of warm. The best we could hope for was the residual heat from the formation of the universe seeping into the cold, dank puddle in which we slept.
Protip: you can still do this. The fun does not automatically exit the body when you get old.
If I did this, I'd be sleeping in a couch fort for a week because I'm too lazy to unpack it.
I used to have this overly large 3-piece sectional that I bought extremely discounted during the last day of a garage sale.
While it was too large for, well, all of my apartments, to have the couch laid out properly with all 3 sections (I often put the chaise lounge portion in another room) - I did discover that I could push all three pieces together into a rectangle that was the size of a queen sized bed, and had the couch back walls on 3 1/2 sides of the square. We’d line it with pillows and called it “The Nest” It was like a conversation pit / bed that could easily be topped with blanket ceilings for a cozy feeling, and many brunches, board game nights, sad cuddle piles, drunken hangouts, dates, and afternoon snoozes were had there.
Once we had the nest up for an entire year! People still ask after it.
Hm. I don’t love the current couch.
Just make it well enough that you don't mind if it stays up for a bit.
I assume you have also been growing since you were a child? It is definitely possible but more difficult simply because you need to build bigger.
Yo my son is all about the couch fort, but being an only child means either friends gotta come over, or dad has to squeeze in.
Buy cheap sheets and staple them to the ceiling around a bed or couch. Similar vibe, big enough for an adult, and easy to set up and take down. That's what I've been doing for years when I feel a mental disaster day creeping up. I'll also grab some lunchables if I know I'm going to be in the thick of it for a while
I'm still the height of an average 12 year old, I'm good!
Getting on my hands and knees to crawl doesn't feel as free and easy as when I was younger.
My sister and I shared a bedroom when we were little, and our beds were separated by about 3 feet. We would put a blanket across the beds as a roof and hang out on the stretch of floor between our beds. For some reason we called this a Doberman Trap?
That's a great story!
Most certainly!
And then being told off for messing up the living room.
I used to grab my sheets preferably the thick winter sheets, a lamp and a book and stuffe everything, including myself, under my desk. And boy was it getting toasty in there with the old lamps 😄
That's a shitton of mattresses
did this as an adult with friends too lol we loved it
Still do this with my daughter. Only problem is I end up having to put it all away.
Cushion forts ruled!
I remember me building these for my cats when they where little