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I have a $4k sofa, from Ethan Allen, purchased a bit over a decade ago, and will confirm that the cushions are in dire need of restuffing, and there a piece of
by syntheticnature 11y ago
I have a $4k sofa, from Ethan Allen, purchased a bit over a decade ago, and will confirm that the cushions are in dire need of restuffing, and there a piece of plywood (sewn into cloth) underneath the cushions to compensate for decay in the underlying supports. If mattresses basically need replacement after a decade, similarly-constructed things will also.
- mturmon 11y agoI have a $3.5K sofa, well-built with elegant fabric, that did not fit in with my house after I moved. It now sits in an outbuilding and my dog loves it. I got a replacement on Craigslist for $350, and I like it just as much. My lessons: (a) buying sofas is hard; (b) for me, nothing is forever; (c) it's hard to generalize about the wisdom of various furniture purchase strategies.