The peanut gallery

We bought a nice sofa to use as row two a while ago. It is leather and close to the color of our front row of seats. However, it was no higher, so you depended on the front row to recline- and the second row would not want to recline.

I considered revisiting the platform I had originally done for the home theater, but I'd want it carpeted, maybe lighted, etc. Then there was the second problem of the original purpose of the room. There's a climbing wall back there! A permanent platform with a sofa on it isn't conducive to climbing.

I needed a way to move the sofa. I considered some rails to move it back and forth, but it would still be semi- permanant. I really needed a way to move it out of the way completely. The wife suggested wheels, and that was it. I could get some height and mobility by putting it on wheels. I bought some nice big heavy-duty casters, cut a piece of ply the size of the frame under the sofa and attached the frame to the ply with some ubolts.

Steff suggested that for climbing, we spin the sofa around- a place to sit and observe as others work on boulder problems. Excellent!