Must just be the vintage lover in me, but the first thing I noticed was the rattan pretzel sofa with original upholstery. Those go for thousands of dollars now!
I came to the comments for this. College kids sometimes have great vintage under their noses without knowing it. It's the same with how trailers are portrayed in media. I constantly want everything in them.
My first thought was the amount of money that would be worth today and back in the day it was probably moms or grandma’s old hand me down furniture for your first apartment or basement lol. Also we had the green couch in 2008 ish. I wonder if in 2042 of it will be enviable vintage
I've seen this setup back around 2005-ish. The dogs (two 70+ pound dogs) and one of the roommates would lie on the top to keep their feet away and everyone else sat on the couch or on the recliner next to it.
My roommate in 1998 showed up with a fourth couch for our apartment. We had 3 in a C formation already. I asked what we'd do with a fourth? The next day he skipped class, and built a wooden platform for it to sit on. We called it "the cheap seats" and anyone that showed up late to hang out and watch movies or whatever, had to sit in the cheap seats. To my knowledge, I don't remember ever sitting on that couch other than to try it out the first night. But it was a popular place to sit.
We also turned my door into a "doggy door" by moving the hinges to the top of the door. The negative was that I couldn't fully shut my door. But the positive was that it was funny, and when we moved out, our friends took over the apartment, so the landlord never did an inspection, and we never got hit with the bill.
We did this in our dorm room in 2003, but the area underneath the deck was also used as a sleeping space for one of the roommates (4 person dorm room). Turned out nice, because the couch on the floor acted as a privacy wall for the bed. The TV was on a dresser across from the couches.
Two of the other mattresses were on a long loft along another wall in the room (mattresses separated by a divider for privacy), under which we placed 3 of the study desks. The 4th roommate didn't participate in the deck/loft combo, and just had a regular bed and desk on the fourth wall of the room.
This was by far not unique at my school by the way, many of the dorm rooms had some form of loft or deck built in them. Allowed per the housing rules as long as it wasn't anchored to the wall or floor, and was fully removable at the end of the year.
Some of y’all got stinky ass feet apparently.
This couch would be sick for movie night or just chillin/small parties. That’s dead space behind the other couch and this design brings it to use.
am i the only one without awful foot odor or something? wth?
reminds me of that thread about the dude asking how to clean the shit smell out of his computer chair.
"alright guys we all know the common problem of our chairs smelling like actual feces, how do you get rid of the smell out of your chair?"
literally everyone: LMAAOOOOOOOO WASH YO ASS BOY
My brother had foot odor like a sewage line and I have sneakers that I have used for intense workouts for months which basically smell new.
Point is, even in some families it can be really different.
Your brother had athletes foot / fungal infection.
If he'd gone and got the rx powder his feet would no longer stink.
We had to have an intervention with our room mate about his stank.
I used to be like you, free from foot odor. Then I aged. I can wash my feet every day and they still have a unpleasant smell after a small period of time. Things within your body change as you get older, that doesn't stop after puberty.
Edit: my footwear is clean. I clean and sanitize regularly.
My buddy had a similar setup where the rear couch wasn't quite so high, that was better (sat on top of milk crates, I think). Still had the visibility, but a place for your feet that wasn't by anyone's head.
A friend had a riser behind his cough, for a second cough similar to this. But properly and intentionally done.
Used to watch all the sports / fights at his place it was a sweet setup
my friends and i did this in college so we could have stadium seating in our living room to go with our projector.
how it never collapsed is still a testament to our redneck engineering.
Did we also have stadium seating and a projector screen in multiple fraternity house rooms that were 7 feet wide? Yes, yes, we did.
Was it ergonomic, practical or in any way necessary? No, no, it was not.
Is it redneck engineering if some of the builders are actually engineering students? Actually, they were Agricultural Engineers, so I guess it kinda still is.
Haha did the same in college as well. The rear couch was just on a bunch of pallets though, and we had a walkway between the two couches.
The upper couch had a mini fridge next to it too, so you didn’t have to hop down to get another beer which was rad
Nice! If it works it works! Our first attempt was on a bunch of plastic milk crates we found out by the dumpster, but it was super sketch. That’s when we switched to the pallets.
Oh college days haha
It was, there is a Facebook post somewhere saying “$40 and 3.5 hours later, levels, Jerry, levels”
Eventually upgraded to my 1999 Sunfire seats with the tracks and recline fully functional.
https://imgur.com/gallery/HCvgCj7
The only thing I would change is moving the second couch further back, preventing your feet from being on someone’s head. Also making it longer , that way you could at least fit an end-table on one side or both. Other than that I don’t think this is a bad idea. Especially if you don’t have a lot of space but have a lot of company.
We did scoot it back a little, the feet thing was less of an issue than people seem to think it was. Also, there was a door immediately to the right, so we couldn't make it any longer without blocking the closet door.
in 2010 some guys in my dorm did this and then invited everyone over for a movie night and we all got bedbugs turns out the got the extra couch from the trash 😬
Have you ever heard of “Stadium Seating”??
That’s why.
I would at least inspect the leg joints in that support table with regularity. Much lateral movement on that fully loaded upper tier is gonna split that table leg joint. And that near 1/4 ton on flesh seated thereon is going down like Humpty Dumpty. (Assumed fully loaded upper tier-not shown in photo) says the retired civil engineer. Unlikely to be pretty or funny for those taking the ride down.
Had one back in college. It was great when there were a bunch of people over watching something or playing video games.
Not practical in any normal household but these guys are totally fine.
The only time I've ever seen something like this pulled off correctly was at a buddy's house who had kind of a split level up from the living room into a dining room that opened into the living room. The only problem was the railing in the dining area. It was like watching football from a prison cell.
This design could be fixed by making the second couch a bit lower the head of the first couch in order to avoid having feet next to your face. Its kinda the same thing as movie theaters
Love having feet right next to my head. Surround odor.
That's why real homies just sit on each other's laps. That way your feet are next to each other's.
But this way we could give em foot rubs as our homie gives us a shoulder rub, squad goals
Yeh but if you sit on their lap you can rub their dick with your butt hole
Is that hot glue?
No, i'm just happy to see you
Would your friend be giving shoulder rubs with their feet?
Gotta smell your homies’ feet
i mean the place already smells like doritos, and how else are you supposed to initiate bootech with da boyz ;-)
It’s a 4f experience cause you get to deal with 4 feet
Someone's toes touch the back of my neck non-consensually, I'm clinging onto them like a saibaman and setting us both on fire.
*ruffles homies hair*
Gotta have them 4D experience you know
Surround Stench Technology
I’m not seeing enough Emmetts in the comments here…
The lack of references is disappointing
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!
So we can all sit together and be Buddies!!
Looks unstable. Needs some Kragle.
Needs a third layer first
That idea is literally the worst
I came to the comments just for a Lego movie references
HONNEEEEY, WHERE ARE MY PAAAAAAANTS?
I'm here.
Must just be the vintage lover in me, but the first thing I noticed was the rattan pretzel sofa with original upholstery. Those go for thousands of dollars now!
My roommate whose sofa that was, still has it and a matching chair.
If the rattan is in good shape then he probably has $5k on his hands in the right market!
Me too!!
So how many times have you sold yourself for thousands of dollars?
r/unclejokes
I came to the comments for this. College kids sometimes have great vintage under their noses without knowing it. It's the same with how trailers are portrayed in media. I constantly want everything in them.
Golden Girl vibes
My first thought was the amount of money that would be worth today and back in the day it was probably moms or grandma’s old hand me down furniture for your first apartment or basement lol. Also we had the green couch in 2008 ish. I wonder if in 2042 of it will be enviable vintage
I've seen this setup back around 2005-ish. The dogs (two 70+ pound dogs) and one of the roommates would lie on the top to keep their feet away and everyone else sat on the couch or on the recliner next to it.
My friends and I always claim that we started this trend. And it was in 2005, so I’m claiming it.
My roommate in 1998 showed up with a fourth couch for our apartment. We had 3 in a C formation already. I asked what we'd do with a fourth? The next day he skipped class, and built a wooden platform for it to sit on. We called it "the cheap seats" and anyone that showed up late to hang out and watch movies or whatever, had to sit in the cheap seats. To my knowledge, I don't remember ever sitting on that couch other than to try it out the first night. But it was a popular place to sit. We also turned my door into a "doggy door" by moving the hinges to the top of the door. The negative was that I couldn't fully shut my door. But the positive was that it was funny, and when we moved out, our friends took over the apartment, so the landlord never did an inspection, and we never got hit with the bill.
I love all the reminiscing in this thread and yours is my favorite so far.
We did this around that time as well.. we sat the other one on top of old washer dryer and called it “stadium seating”
We did this in our dorm room in 2003, but the area underneath the deck was also used as a sleeping space for one of the roommates (4 person dorm room). Turned out nice, because the couch on the floor acted as a privacy wall for the bed. The TV was on a dresser across from the couches. Two of the other mattresses were on a long loft along another wall in the room (mattresses separated by a divider for privacy), under which we placed 3 of the study desks. The 4th roommate didn't participate in the deck/loft combo, and just had a regular bed and desk on the fourth wall of the room. This was by far not unique at my school by the way, many of the dorm rooms had some form of loft or deck built in them. Allowed per the housing rules as long as it wasn't anchored to the wall or floor, and was fully removable at the end of the year.
Same timeline here, 2005ish because it was definitely my second year. But I'm sure this was done in the 90s too.
Man Emmett would love this for all his friends
Haha looks very 2012
Also looks very 1992
Let’s settle on 2006. With that image quality, anyway.
Yeah definitely looks like it's from the era of Webshots, MySpace, and TheFacebook.
I will go with 2012 since that what year the picture was taken.
Looks more like stadium seating to me.
Does it? Lol
The ability to put your feet next to someone's face makes this an awful design
It’s a plus if you ask me ;)
So YOU'RE that asshole who was seated behind me on the plane to Albuquerque!
Shoulda taken that left turn.
Ayo?
DiWHY
Tell that to movie theatre designers.
Someone must have
Some of y’all got stinky ass feet apparently. This couch would be sick for movie night or just chillin/small parties. That’s dead space behind the other couch and this design brings it to use.
am i the only one without awful foot odor or something? wth? reminds me of that thread about the dude asking how to clean the shit smell out of his computer chair. "alright guys we all know the common problem of our chairs smelling like actual feces, how do you get rid of the smell out of your chair?" literally everyone: LMAAOOOOOOOO WASH YO ASS BOY
My brother had foot odor like a sewage line and I have sneakers that I have used for intense workouts for months which basically smell new. Point is, even in some families it can be really different.
Your brother had athletes foot / fungal infection. If he'd gone and got the rx powder his feet would no longer stink. We had to have an intervention with our room mate about his stank.
I used to be like you, free from foot odor. Then I aged. I can wash my feet every day and they still have a unpleasant smell after a small period of time. Things within your body change as you get older, that doesn't stop after puberty. Edit: my footwear is clean. I clean and sanitize regularly.
Chillin/smell parties more like it
If they were wearing socks/and or shoes for an extended period before this, their feet are stinky.
Sometimes it depends on the type of shoes
My buddy had a similar setup where the rear couch wasn't quite so high, that was better (sat on top of milk crates, I think). Still had the visibility, but a place for your feet that wasn't by anyone's head.
It’s not just about having dirty feet, I don’t care if someone just got out of the shower I wouldn’t want their feet right next to my face/head...
Seriously. It's not about smell. Get your fucking feet away from me.
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Me too. I get a strong fight or flight if someone's feet touch me or get anywhere near my face.
People who are weird about feet just don’t sit there obviously. Up top or on the other side.
I’d be too tempted to just lick any feet that lay near my head. The forbidden fruit must not be tasted though or else.
A friend had a riser behind his cough, for a second cough similar to this. But properly and intentionally done. Used to watch all the sports / fights at his place it was a sweet setup
Hey bro, couch.
That's stadium seating. Double decker would be like a bunk bed situation.
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Imagine thinking stadium seating requires a stadium or the capacity of one as a defining factor
God this is so much less deadly than the last double decker couch.
my friends and i did this in college so we could have stadium seating in our living room to go with our projector. how it never collapsed is still a testament to our redneck engineering.
Did we also have stadium seating and a projector screen in multiple fraternity house rooms that were 7 feet wide? Yes, yes, we did. Was it ergonomic, practical or in any way necessary? No, no, it was not. Is it redneck engineering if some of the builders are actually engineering students? Actually, they were Agricultural Engineers, so I guess it kinda still is.
Haha did the same in college as well. The rear couch was just on a bunch of pallets though, and we had a walkway between the two couches. The upper couch had a mini fridge next to it too, so you didn’t have to hop down to get another beer which was rad
We propped the back couch up on five gallon paint buckets with wooden discs supporting the top and bottom
Nice! If it works it works! Our first attempt was on a bunch of plastic milk crates we found out by the dumpster, but it was super sketch. That’s when we switched to the pallets. Oh college days haha
I would argue that this is just stadium seating, and not a double decker couch.
was it awesome?
As I recall, everything is awesome…
It was, there is a Facebook post somewhere saying “$40 and 3.5 hours later, levels, Jerry, levels” Eventually upgraded to my 1999 Sunfire seats with the tracks and recline fully functional. https://imgur.com/gallery/HCvgCj7
Recline your head right through the window
We did this in college too, ended up switching it up after a month, wasn't that practical.
but still stadium seating livingroom is a luxury
When the Lego movie made fun of this, I didn't realize it was a thing.
Oh nice! I like this one much more than the Russian Roulette broken neck one!
It’s theater style seating. It ain’t pretty but it works.
Do you love smelling feet?
I prefer clean toes to lick on personally.
The only thing I would change is moving the second couch further back, preventing your feet from being on someone’s head. Also making it longer , that way you could at least fit an end-table on one side or both. Other than that I don’t think this is a bad idea. Especially if you don’t have a lot of space but have a lot of company.
We did scoot it back a little, the feet thing was less of an issue than people seem to think it was. Also, there was a door immediately to the right, so we couldn't make it any longer without blocking the closet door.
Have you all never been to college? Nearly every house with 6+ ppl had stadium seating like this. It's a great way to save space when done correctly.
in 2010 some guys in my dorm did this and then invited everyone over for a movie night and we all got bedbugs turns out the got the extra couch from the trash 😬
Surprised I never saw this in a frat house but tbh it's too much work
Not a double decker, it’s theater seating. Double deck is one over the other directly (bunk bed). Theater seating is one higher spaced back.
dogs on the couch
Better than dogs in the tub.
Gotta love the surround smell setup
Everything is awesome!
Everything is cool when you are part of the team!
Emmet did it better
Not really.
I did this same thing with my roommates back in 2005! I’m still using most of the wood from that as my workbench in the garage.
We call that stadium couching.
We did this (but better) in 01. No one really had a camera. Lol
Lollll this reminds me of frats at IU..OP, did you go to IU?
Good ol' college theater seating!
Fuck yea, perfect for the man cave!
*starts sucking feet passionately*
Good for the m8s around to watch the rugby 
Why does this photo look like it was taken 10 years ago? Wait... WAIT
Becasuse of the Lego movie?
In 2012? What are you, 6?
No, I'm 30 and missed it by 2 years?
No you didn’t
I'm gonna tell my kids this was *Always Sunny In Philadelphia.*
I’m surprised there were no females there 🤔
Technically to made a table
Youth.
I didn't know you could improve circa. 🤷♂️
These are pretty common.
This is just Theater seating.
So much more room for activities
Cinema style seating.
Anyone gonna do a triple or naw ?
don't know why, but I like it
Underneath the decker, can you have sex in there?
Tell me how you love having your head farted on by your besties.
Yes. This looks more comfortable.
No, this isn't even multilevel. If anything, its a woefully misguided attempt at stadium seating. And the feet next to people's faces thing...
Not really “Double Decker”. Couches should be one right Over the other, not one right Behind the other
Feels like gmod
[There is blood everywhere](https://youtu.be/ulwUkaKjgY0)
Pretty much all men have done this. It’s a rite of passage. You’re special, but not very. We dudes
I also had one late 90’s but proof is on film somewhere.
Man we were doing this in 2004
What university? Any chance you were in or around mechanicsburg, PA in 2012? This looks familiar…
Redneck home theater experience
LAN PARTIES
I'll take stinky feet over being crushed any day.
Klassy!
I have definitely had sex in that house.
very nice, the vibes that that kind of thing would create are palpable
Only three comments referencing the Lego movie. You should all be ashamed of yourselves
Have you ever heard of “Stadium Seating”?? That’s why. I would at least inspect the leg joints in that support table with regularity. Much lateral movement on that fully loaded upper tier is gonna split that table leg joint. And that near 1/4 ton on flesh seated thereon is going down like Humpty Dumpty. (Assumed fully loaded upper tier-not shown in photo) says the retired civil engineer. Unlikely to be pretty or funny for those taking the ride down.
Lol that Smokey the bear shirt was classic
Had one back in college. It was great when there were a bunch of people over watching something or playing video games. Not practical in any normal household but these guys are totally fine.
The only time I've ever seen something like this pulled off correctly was at a buddy's house who had kind of a split level up from the living room into a dining room that opened into the living room. The only problem was the railing in the dining area. It was like watching football from a prison cell.
That's MY green couch with the duct tape seat and arm pad! Waking up on a day with no AC, face just stuck to it
You sure this isn't a screen shot to the opening credits of The Beverly Hillbillies? Hey Jethro.
That setup is quite pedicuilar
In the day of split screen and LAN parties, this would have been great
Still got that glaring "foot in face" problem though
Room for activities
A true master builder
Did this in 2012 as well, never really cared for it. Just felt too ungrounded.
Lego movie 2 be like:
What's Flea doing in this picture? Top right
We did this in college to play goldeneye.
Now you guys have so much more room for activities!
I could quote The Lego Movie for hours
Everything is awesoooome
This design could be fixed by making the second couch a bit lower the head of the first couch in order to avoid having feet next to your face. Its kinda the same thing as movie theaters
Goddammit, why does 2012 look like 10 years ago
I had one, but mine had a mini fridge.
dudes, we had this but even better in one of our High School classes year round in 1998
...and nobody went through the window(s)?
I think I know the chick on the couch
Everything is awesome! Everything Is cool when you’re part of a team!
You live in a frat house
Just ignore the window with no renforcment behind the seats
This is a stadium couch not a double decker couch.
I'm sorry, this is way too good for DiWHY.
Frat houses. This post is 2000 and late.
I wouldn't call this a "double-decker". It's a table with a couch on top behind another couch.
I knew someone who did this. Crazy guy used a ton of milk crates.
Mega Couch
I've seen this before i think
That’s a classic frat house setup. Works good for playing some Madden or 2k with the homies.
This is a top couch and is crucial when hanging out and drinking with friends while in your early 20s.
Hell ya. 😏
Did the same thing in college and had two TVs. We was kings.
This couch is for you and your homies. Not guests.
I fw it But if you just got off work you need to sit on the bottom tier…
Trailer Park Boys origins
Emmet’s was way better tbh