Just one of many Curbed-approved Zoom backgrounds. | Photo by Heidi?s Bridge

Now that I?m back online for a good portion of the day, I?m looking for ways to decompress in my time off
Welcome! What a time to return to work from maternity leave. Everyone at Curbed?along with the majority of those reading this?are now at home all the time in the midst of a global pandemic. Now that I?m back online for a good portion of the day, and reading even more news, I?m looking for ways to decompress in my time off. Comfort and entertainment at home, plus some timely advice and novel coronavirus coverage from the Curbed staff, are what I?ll be focusing on in this newsletter for the next few weeks. Everyone please take care, wherever you are sheltered in place! ?Kelsey
The Great Sofa Caper, contd.
I am presently ensconced in our apartment in Washington, D.C., with my husband?who is still on parental leave?and our four-month-old. We?ve been voluntarily sheltering in place for close to three weeks, including an extended stay at my parents? home in Tennessee. We did not go out, or order in, or see friends. We did spend a lot of time congregating on their sofa.
Last year, I spent a ton of time on a sofa hunt, assessing and comparing and debating merits. In the end, we decided to keep the one we had?future proofing against baby-generated stains and, I suppose, taking the route of delayed gratification. So it was with genuine enthusiasm that we found ourselves lolling a...