Re: Newbie - Bradington Young CL deal opinion and H&M recommendations
The pieces in the Craigslist ad show pretty well in the photos, it appears to be a pure aniline hide which is a plus in my book. Price is reasonable, but you can probably barter it all down to around $ 2K for the group, they won't get much action on a set like that. If you can get it for $ 2K, why not? Get some leather cleaner and conditioner products and give it a good treatment and you should be good to go. Use looks moderate on it based on what I can see. A new B-Y sofa will run you mid to high $ 2k range plus shipping, loveseat will be just a couple hundred less than the sofa.
H&M won't get into your budget range even in the City series, though it wouldn't be too terribly much over it if you stayed in the promotional leathers. There's no question that Hancock & Moore builds a better sofa than Bradington Young, but you have to decide if its worth the stretch to get there. Redford sofa is very nice, but keep in mind only the Sofa is on promotion and they don't even make a loveseat in that series as a standard item (it would have to be a one-off custom $$$)
Duane Collie
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