The Couch That Broke The Internet w/ Ethan Nestor 

PSA ABOUT BED BUGS because if I can save one person from the horror I experienced my job is done: bed bugs can live up to ten YEARS without feeding and they DO NOT APPEAR during the daytime, only at night and ONLY when a food source (i.e. a person) is sitting on the infested fabric item. So there's no way they'd know bed bugs were in or on it until they were using it.

If it’s on the curb because someone’s getting rid of it, it’s fair game. I’ve gotten plenty of furniture someone else took out to the dumpster. I wouldn’t personally get something after it’s been rained on, but I don’t think there’s anything ethically wrong with it.

This whole thing is so bizarre to me, because where I'm from people regularly leave all sorts of stuff outside their front garden and advertise it as free to take on community pages. Is this not a thing anywhere else ?

isn’t this normal??? people do this all the time when furniture is put outside

Ok but honestly? The couch looks really cute with her rug

Oh I remember seeing this blow up on twitter. People were disgusted by them bringing the couch home because of the risk of bugs, and others were saying "this is new york, rich people get rid of perfectly good furniture a lot in the rich areas."

The funniest thing is that the couch is obviously a fake. The material is so plainly wrong when you check the site.

Man when I lived in my first apartment I slept on a broken old couch that another student housing complex had left on the street because I was dead broke. Also when we moved out we left my roommates almost brand new mattress out on the street because we couldn’t fit it with the rest of our stuff. People getting this heated over something like this is so insane.

Jarvis being Jordan's translator is so sweet:)

my completely unnecessary opinion on this whole thing: -there's nothing wrong with taking items that are out on the curb as long as it's clear they're up for grabs (don't take a bike that's on the curb, lol). sometimes people throw decent things away, or even intentionally leave things on the curb hoping someone else will take it -use common sense when taking curb items. they may be fine, but there may be problems. i generally stay away from anything soft and/or upholstered due to risks of insects or mold/mildew -if you do decide to take an upholstered item, clean it thoroughly and correctly. you may even want to invest in hiring stanley steemer or another furniture cleaning service -the woman in this tiktok did NOT clean the couch correctly, and this may cause problems down the line -if you look through some of her other videos, it's clear she has the money to spare on getting the couch properly cleaned. i don't know why she didn't -this woman also already had a perfectly good couch that wasn't even a year old. what did she do with it? i don't think we know. i'm a big proponent of reusing items, but the positive environmental and economic impact of picking up a second-hand couch is somewhat negated if it replaces a new one. i hope she gave it away -people are up in arms about classism, and i understand. i grew up lower-middle class in a high-income city and curbside furniture finds were (and still are!) always exciting. salvaging furniture should be normalized because it is both environmentally and economically beneficial. however, the woman who found this couch was not in need of a couch and is not struggling for money. something rubs me the wrong way about how this is a cute quirky thing to her like "omg i found a designer couch everyone come see how lucky i am!!!" when furniture scavenging is a necessity for many people tldr: grabbing furniture off the street is fine, make sure you clean it thoroughly and are aware of risks (pests/mold), if you're replacing furniture give it away instead of throwing it out; the only real problem i have with this whole situation is that she's well-off but didn't care enough to spend money on cleaning it correctly

Folks being upset about this lady picking up a perfectly fine couch are really just highlighting the class divide.

The whole vibe of this situation is funny af; everyone is so heated over picking up a couch. Aint nothin wrong with picking up a couch. I know how to clean furniture, and i sure as hell know the signs of bed bugs.

A general rule of thumb is not not pick up soft furniture off the street. I understand wanting the couch, but it's on the safest thing to do

anyone who is angry at this has never lived in a major city. curb finds are the greatest

I am not a New Yorker, but I feel like picking up furniture from the street is pretty normal in NYC. The pouring rain thing is troubling through.

i hated the hate train this person got for like a reasonable thing . like Everyone just got so mean😭

I'm kinda confused by people saying this is a normal curb find. Literally the first rule of picking up furniture from the curb is to not take smth mostly made of fabric?? especially if it's been raining??? the actual cost of cleaning that thing is probably more than the couch is worth seeing how it's very clearly a cheap dupe. and she already had a couch.

Holy shit it's EEF! A crossover I never expected, but am super excited about. I hope you guys do videos together more often!

I mean it does take 6 to 9 days for bed bug eggs to hatch. So if she didn't see any in two week. She is right it mostly none. I would still treat it for 2 weeks to be sure. Second hand furniture at thrift store are usually treated for a few weeks . (IF THE OWNERS CARE) it will be find. People do trade perfectly good furniture alot. Either it's out of style or they don't like the furniture anymore and they trash it. It is a thing. My friend aunt died and left him her house with furniture. He trash everything that he personally didn't like. And I seen people break up and throw out couches that the other person brought them. She not lying about people throwing out furniture at all cause I got a softer couch and trashed my perfectly fine couch but I did announce to fb that if anyone wanted it it would be outside till trash day. Someone did get it. I will however agree I wouldn't take a couch that been in the rain nor would I take a couch and not have it cleaned. Even if it was given to me by someone I know. I just don't think it's as bad as yall making it out to be rehab furniture is so much better than landfill furniture. Personally the couch is ugly but she will be fine. And if she didn't clean the couch and lied about it then she knows she wrong and gross

I gotta say these are some yall are too bougie, Literally everyone I lived with or knew in NYC had some piece of curbed furniture in their house. In fact, if you didn't want to throw something away you left it on the curb specifically so someone would grab it.

Having had to deal with a bed bug infestation, DO NOT do this. Bed bugs are notoriously difficult to get rid of. Like my apartment had to be super heated in order to kill them all

i pulled a dorm mattress from a dumpster at my university so I cannot judge anyone. the mattress had duct tape patching a rip on the back so i figured that’s why it got thrown out. but i was a broke college kid with no bed for my apartment so i took what i could. i’m on couch girl’s side. although i’d tell her not to post about her life, she’s not a great story teller and she’s just going to be scrutinized.

I understand people being concerned for mold or bugs, but why are people actually mad at her? Like people are making assumptions about her intentions and what she did with her old couch because she seems to be well off. Ya'll don't know if she sold it, gave it away, or just moved it to a different room. I get that it's an unnecessary risk, especially because she has no need for a new couch, but that doesn't make her a bad person. Just making a bad decision.

Oh that's fake af. Roche Bobois couches do not use material that looks like that. She's got the Best Western version of a bedbug infestation now.

FYI I work at a sofa shop and a lady came in complaining that the sofa she ordered from us smelled of damp. When she left i said to my boss, sooo…should we be concerned about that? And he said he’s been to the warehouse and when they run out of room they put sofas outside under a plastic sheet. In England, tbc. And he kinda shrugged about it. So none of you bitches are safe from exposed sofas

I got so frustrated watching this lmao I am lower class and it's actually really awesome finding GOOD furniture on the side of the road. I cleaned and patched an old grandma couch and sat and watched this video on it. It's super clean and it was free! Cleaned it with the power of lesbian. Me and my partner scrubbed it brushed it clean of hair and dust and covered in baking soda then spray with white vinegar. Let dry in the sun or by a vent in the house or window and it's brand new damn near. All the potential bugs like daddy long legs should leave during the cleaning. If you are thurough and follow a youtube tutorial it should be fully xleaned and ready without worry of icky stuff. Bed bugs scare me for sure and my only gripe with this lady is the fact it got rained on....IN NEW YORK. I live in the midwest

Idk how it is in New York or wherever those internet critics are living but where I live, in suburbia, it’s totally normal to leave out unused or unwanted furniture on the curb for free. Usually people will leave a sign with it that says “free” or something, but sometimes they don’t and it’s still fair game. I’m seeing other people in the comments saying this is normal so I doubt it’s as uncommon as the commenters on her videos were making it out to be.

The couch has tears in the upholstery and stains, which is probably why it was put out (presumably for large trash pickup) She really would have needed to bring it to be reupholstered which would likely cost more than a new mid range couch. Roche Bobois doesn’t have that color on their website, but they are definitely a ritzy enough company that they have a whole acronym for customer’s own material. Custom upholstery is pretty common for manufacturers which build to order. My Mom and I used to drive around fancy Bergen county NJ neighborhoods on large trash pickup day. We would generally only take wood or other materials, but we got some great pieces. Both to keep and have in the house, and later for Mom to sell in a stall she had in an antiques mall.

I mean its not a 8k couch, its obviously a fake but the fakes still go for 2k - 3k sooo still expensive

Wow a whole lotta side ass and facing the world in this one fellas

free furniture is free furniture. almost everything in my apartment is used. welcome to the working class. the fact that it has been rained on is my issue.

My initial thought is this maybe being a publicity stunt? Something to get people talking about the product? Although i don't know if that really makes sense bc of the rips and stains. Who knows! It's a weird situation overall

Thought the issue was that she didnt sell it...😅 i mean if i find 8 grands worth of shit couch thats rent sorted for a minute. Maybe thats just my broke ass

Literally people will move states or redecorate and just leave furniture on the street to take it's like, a perfectly normal thing

It’s just the stains and rips LMAO

I honestly don't get what the big deal is. I live in Maine and this is super common here. You have an old piece of furniture that you aren't going to use anymore? Selling it is work, just set it on the front lawn. Someone who will use it will come grab it in like a week. Both of the couches in my house were gotten off the side of the road. My assumption is that the couch had seen some wear and tear and the owners didn't feel like selling it when they got a new one. Especially if it's a reproduction instead of a real one.

2:19 LMAOOOO

why is every new drama thing called something-gate what does gate mean

Yeah this is a normal occurrence here, everyone leaves furniture out all the time. We’re poor af out here. I’ve scored 2 cat trees and an entertainment center. You can pick up bed bugs from a floor model couch in a store - do you have any idea how many people “Test them out.” Clean it, fumigate it, keep an eye on it. I saw a meme this was a similar couch in an orgy and thought that was why people were upset. Imagine my surprise when it’s actually just classism lol

As someone who lives in a college town, we have grabbed a few couches from students on move out day. We did an inspection and a deep clean and but also didn't pick them up from rain 😂

where i live, picking up furniture left out on street curbs is a super normal thing, people leave their stuff outside their houses all the time and itll usually be gone by later that day!! pretty reliable way of getting nice free stuff, usually its just a product of people moving and not having enough space in their house for everything. then again i live in a pretty poor rural area so everyones always looking for free stuff lol. either way this seems like rich people discourse to me, my broke ass would not turn down a free couch no matter what it's infested with

Only kind of related but there's this house I pass on the way to work that put a couch out by the curb around the time this podcast came out and it is still there as of the day this clip was posted (and there's been quite a few days of rain and storms during that time) 🤢

Picking up this stuff ia super normal in the suburbs that I'm in, but to the rich people replacing their furniture often. There's a another suburb nearby that's pretty wealthy. People just throw out perfectly good flatscreens and furniture because its not the new stuff. Went by a place that had left out 5 flatscreen tvs, they couldn't have been more than 2 years old.

Me watching this video while sitting on a couch I found on the curb

Mmmmm see i love second hand furniture. Im a pretty poor person so free shit? Im gonna find a way to use it. Deep cleaning is somethimg im capable of, repairing is something i can do, i can fix it up and make it look brand new as lomg as theres something to work off of. Honestly, other than it being a goofy ass design, i dont think theres much wrong with the concept of this video (tho i do think its fake bc this stuff is fake so often)

I live in Seattle and curb finds are how people survive 😂

Somebody living in New York who is willing to spend $8000 on a couch is probably also more than willing to just throw it out on the curb when it gets a couple rips in it.

I pick up furniture, refurbish it, and either resell it or keep it and lemme tell you I don’t pick up stuff that has too much cushioning on it i.e. a couch. If I pick up say a wooden chair with a seat cushion I rip all that off and replace it, no need to take chances and it’s not usually an expensive fix either

Alot of people with not a lot of money do this half my furniture is from the street, I'm a student and don't have enough money, also who cares? Why do these Twitter people care so much, it's such a non issue feels like privilege to me

My take, she planted the couch for the video. Simplest answer is usually right. I think it also might be PR by the couch maker.

idk why but this couch pisses me off so much

Eef my maaaaaan

Half the furniture in my first apartment was found on the side of the road. Including a couch.

i know tons of people who get stuff off the side of the road. I have gotten some furniture.

This is a very NY thing to leave perfectly fine things on the side of the road for trash pickup.

That gurl is the child of a super

Long story short she is in New York and the people who are mad have never lived here. We literally have no buy apps/groups where we tell people hey I have this expensive thing I don't want here is where you pick it up. People just like to be mad.

Wow! Great video! Wow!

Why does Ethan look like the Trigun guy

0:32

Also her previous couch was perfectly normal if not better design wise, why would she replace it?!?!

I came back to this video to say that there are many knockoff versions of this couch that are only a few hundred dollars.

don't people understand that some people get new furniture and then give away the old furniture?? I have seen it happen daily here in Europe. Not every old thing has to be thrown away or sold to people, they can just be picked up off the street!!

It's clean... other than the dirt.

I mean it's kind of gross... but people do pay for used couches and I kind of think similar things about that... but point is, this isn't that abnormal besides the couch just being thought to be expensive.

Wtf this is basic nyc

I don’t mind taking furniture left outside but beds/couches like cloth material is weird to me a little.

I was all ok with her picking up coach and what not but then she decided to explain and answer some questions and oh no, just no.😬

Have these guys never been poor? Or known someone who is poor? This reeks of having no understanding of what it's like to want nice things and not be able to afford them. I and so many people I know have taken discarded furniture and cleaned/repaired it so with a little effort we could have something much juicer than we could ever afford.

I thought she was gonna sell it or something but no she’s just gonna use it??

I mean if she wet cleaned it well

There's nothing strange about this in the slightest.

Hate to break it to y'all, but wealthy people are genuinely insane and dgaf about how much something cost if they don't want it anymore. Just a few weeks ago, another RU-vidr I watched let everyone know that a chair his assistant bought off Facebook Marketplace for $50 sold at auction at Sotheby's for $85,000. The lady who sold it knew how much it was worth; she just didn't care enough to sell it properly. And that was in LA, where people have big fucking houses; this girl was in NYC. The person who owned it before her probably had a dog that tore up the couch a bit and maybe got mud on it. Not a big deal.

But what about the picture wit the naked men . Wit the couch . Was that not real or … 🧍🏽‍♀️

Bro I've gotten so much free furniture from the street people put them out with the intent of people taking them chill out.

I think people are too worked up about this. Let's not forget some people can't afford furniture and often will get them from thrift stores (and thrift stores don't clean them either, so if you do get one, please clean it) as someone who grew up poor, this was the norm for my family, grabbing things that were thrown out, cleaning it and giving it new life. Also there are cleaning solutions made specifically to kill and clean up bed bugs.

yeah the ppl freaking out abt it just shows the class divide- some of us get most of our furniture this way + thrift stores

it's just ugly 🤣

Lol these spoiled RU-vidrs poo-pooing on some of the best things we poor people can get.

Did I just grow up poor. Cuz I would 100% do this

yall got crippling ocd?

Lots of privilege in one video. 🙄

why are they making fun of how she speaks on the tiktok? insulting her saying she sounds like she’s 5 years old isn’t like fun or cute

You can treat for bedbugs y’all. It’s not that deep.

Poor shaming! Hell yeah, guys, thanks for insulting how I had to survive at 18 with no family, I'm filthy dirty and disgusting.

This couch should be called the blueberry or something. It looks so uncomfortable for people to use