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    We just moved from a small condo into a house and I need to buy a lot of furniture. I checked out JC Penny.com for furniture.
    What do you think about the quality of their furniture. I was interested in

    Linden Street® 100% Leather Club Sofa Group:
    http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6E.asp...90|57885|57886

    and

    Fenmore Dining Group w/Hutch:
    http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6E.asp...87|57092|58800

    and
    whole Bradley Kids Bedroom:
    http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6E.asp...87|57096|57934

    maybe
    Harlow Chest:
    http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx...87|59202|60100


    I would appreciate your input ... Thanks !
    Last edited by res149; 12-27-2008 at 02:52 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by res149 View Post
    We just moved from a small condo into a house and I need to buy a lot of furniture. I checked out JC Penny.com for furniture.
    What do you think about the quality of their furniture. !
    Personally I don't think there is much quality there at all, but it serves a purpose to fill a house on a budget. I would not anticipate getting any longevity out of any of the pieces.

    One idea I like to toss out, realizing that not everyone can afford to buy upper quality in a batch, is to see if you can buy ONE piece (such as the sofa) in a high quality brand and then get the remainder of the group from JCPenny or similar. That way you have one durable piece in the house, and can then replace the lesser pieces with better quality as budget and time allows.

    The vast majority of my customers who buy the kind of high quality goods I carry do not buy them in batches. Rather they get one, maybe two pieces a year. Though it seems like a long time, in 20 years or so they have a very nice collection (yes, I still go into customer homes who bought from me in the 80's - its fun to see the pieces that old still doing daily duty)

    Also, never hurts to look at Craigslist to see what kind of pieces might be available as lightly used. You can get some high quality goods there from time to time for pennies on the original dollar they cost.
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