In an opinion piece published on October 2, 2026 in Brisbane Times and The Sydney Morning Herald, Halfpenny recalls the sofa's arrival as "the height of glamour and a big deal." Its cube-shaped sections could be pulled apart and reconfigured into a bed for overnight guests.
The sofa was a fixture of weekly viewings of Dallas with her father, who brushed her hair and "really took against" Lucy Ewing. The Moran remained with the family, later reupholstered by her parents in the 1990s "in a sort of chintz."
The column, published on the almost occasion of her 60th birthday, uses the enduring couch as a measure of continuity across decades. Halfpenny describes the piece as one of "several reinventions," with the sofa as a fixed point through family change.
The piece is an opinion column reflecting the author's personal perspective rather than news reporting.