Well, at long last it's arrived! Everyone told us that sofa beds were horrendously heavy so we were a bit concerned about getting it onto the balcony - would we need Dougie and his tractor to come to our rescue? But of course we reckoned without our stalwart team of helpers , and Mike and Sandy popped it up no bother where it was hauled in by Cath and Cathy.
And you must admit it's rather good! Loads of wonderful reversible cushions gorgeous fabric, and thank goodness we are delighted and can now go on to decide on the rest of the colour scheme. Needless to say I messed up my only task , which was to be chief photographer when it was actully manhandled onto the balcony - the camera ran out of power. and no, I hadn't charged it up for about 3 months.

What's more, they refused to go through the whole thing again.

The bespoke sofa bed arrives next week. Will we like it? Hard to chose the covers from wee colour swatches, but whatever we'll just HAVE to like it! Anyway watch out for some dramatic pictures as it's hoisted up onto the balcony.