Coffin Couches ~ do they appeal to you?

[Lovely2CU]

Next time you want to take a load off, how about stretching out on a casket that has been converted into a couch?

The folks at Coffin Couches, located at www.coffincouches.com, have taken the concept of eternal rest and converted it into something that anyone can enjoy. That's right … these caskets have been remodeled into eye-catching couches!

According to it's Web page, the team at Coffin Couches, touts its product as being "green" because the company is taking unwanted or unused caskets and recycling them into something that will be used.

On its Web site, the company states: "Our niche happens to be 18- gauge steel coffins which we collected from local funeral homes primarily in Southern California. It is a health and safety law that funeral homes cannot resell used coffins to the general public. We approached funeral directors with the attitude of recycling. These coffins are not used for burial due to slight cosmetic inconsistencies. They are reconfigured and modified resulting in a finished product - a unique one a kind coffin couch."

 

[EveDallas]

OMG! Way too creepy for me

 

[GoodFairies]

Within a certain style of home these would be quite striking. The fact that they are made from coffins doesn't bother me. They don't look particularly comfortable though.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

LOVE IT!!! Now if I could just find a coffin bookcase to go with it...

I have a thing for coffins. I have some decorative coffin jewelry boxes on my dresser and I just ordered a pair of sunglasses with coffin-shaped lenses...

 

[CptJackSparrowsGirl]

I wouldn't mind trying it out, but maybe not owning one lol

 

[hellokitty86]

No thanks.

 

[diznygirl]

Not a fan of the couch - like the pillows tho!

 

[JEmaryland]

I would love one! Preferably in a different color though.

 

[DebIreland]

No way! I'd find it way too depressing!

By the way, I wonder where are all these 'unwanted and unused' coffins coming from? Do people buy them in the hope of needing them and then say "aw no, just my luck, I didn't die, now the coffin's wasted."

 

[NC State]

What do you do it try it out, lay down and ask "how do I look"?

 

[monkey68]

Well, when you're done stretching out on your coffin couch, how about going to take a dip in the dumpster pool?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/arts/design/20pool.html

 

[PlainJane]

I voted no because they just don't look that comfortable or aesthetically pleasing.

 

[bettyann29]

no.. these are too creepy.. Yucko!

 

[Imzadi]

No way!
There is only ONE time I will be stretching out on a casket, and at that point, I won't know about it or care.


These are probably targeted to all the people into the vampire genre. That it would be cool to lay on a casket with your version of Vampire Bill or Vampire Eric.

 

[maelstrom]

There's still a little goth in me who would love this.

*puts on a Bauhaus record*

 

[Cindy B]

There's still a little goth in me who would love this.

*puts on a Bauhaus record*

As a Bauhaus fan.. I was thinking Bela Legosi's dead when I read this..

I actually like them, but not for my house. They are fun and quirky though.

But seriously, who does recycle coffins? Are they part of a prepay funeral plan which gets cancelled? Do the departed family members say "never mind"? Are the coffins part of the "inner city rentals"... yes, in some inner cities there are coffin rentals fees because some families do not have the funds to purchas a coffin (I heard about it from my inner city students and their families)

 

[maelstrom]

As a Bauhaus fan... I was thinking Bela Legosi's dead when I read this..

ME TOO!!

Bela's undead! Ohhhh, Bela! Undead, undead, undead!

 

[GothTink]

I actually decided several months ago to buy one, and will be ordering one in the next few weeks. I LOVE them...

 

[CathrynRose]

I think they're fun.

For the right home - or maybe a Tattoo shop, or a cool hair salon or a funky coffee shop? They'd be super fun.

 

[JessicaR]

I think they're fun.

For the right home - or maybe a Tattoo shop, or a cool hair salon or a funky coffee shop? They'd be super fun.

I agree, just not my home!

If I had to pick one it would be this one.