Re: Advise please?
A $ 500 difference in a sectional can easily be the the cost of the covering on the piece. As you discovered, $ 1,500 buys junk not worth taking home and in the $ 3K to $ 3.5K you're at the entry level of better furniture as long as the cover is not too expensive (low to middle price grade fabric).
Everything looks and feels good when its new. Poor quality furniture degrades rapidly with use, whereas quality made units will feel as good in 5 years as they did the day they left the showroom. Look for proper construction in the interior of the piece. The key elements you want for the best in construction:
Double steel banded base (where the spring attached). Banded side to side and front to back.
5/4" hardwood frames, double doweled, screwed and glued.
8-way hand-tied spring base
Dupont Qualax cushion cores wrapped in fiber with muslim case, or spring down.
Those are the basics to look for. Good luck!
Duane Collie
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