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Thread: Looking for the best quality for the money large fabric sofa for Florida

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    MattR82 Guest

    Default Looking for the best quality for the money large fabric sofa for Florida

    Hello all,

    I am new to the site but appreciate all of the great information here. We are in the market for a $4500-6000 large fabric sectional with chaise to fill a 20x25 room with 10 foot ceilings. We are in NJ but looking to purchase the sofa to be shipped to our new house in Florida. We are looking at something like this: 1) LF armed loveseat connected to 2) a corner chair or wedge connected to 3) armless 3 seat soft connected to 4) RF Chaise.
    Sizing is in the ballpark of 90-100 x 140-160

    A few things we decided were important to us:

    1) quality fabric-we saw the sunbrella fabric at our local cococo.com (comfortable couch company) studio and were impressed with the durability and feel. We are in our early 30's and looking to start a family in the next few years. We aren't particularly hard on our furniture but want something which will last us 15-20 years.

    2) 8 way hand tied-some had it, some don't. Is it worth a premium?

    3) Made in USA from start to finish is important to us.

    4) Comfort-we seem to be gravitating toward a blend of fiber and feather down. We want a soft, comfortable couch which will not sag. Is this worth a premium for comfort? Is there an issue with the feathers coming out of the couch at some point?

    -We checked out carolinachair.com which appeared to have the best 'value' for what we are looking for, is anyone familiar with it? [$4800-5k in sunbrella+$350-500 for blended fiber/down]

    -We also checked out cococo (sunbrella, not sure of the grade and comes with the blended fiber/feather down--we thought this couch was the most comfortable) and Mitchell Gold/Bob Williams (level 3 fabric, no sunbrella). Both appear to be around the same price of $6k+shipping for a couch of this size but neither use the 8 way hand tied method. We also saw a brand called Masterfield which was around $5500 without a blended fiber/feather and no sunbrella but 8 way hand tied.

    Thank you for reading this long post, please advise if our budget is feasible for our needs and which brand is best for us.

    Matt

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    Default Re: Looking for the best quality for the money large fabric sofa for Florida

    Hi Matt,

    Welcome to the forum. A Sectional with a chaise is a LOT of furniture, and your parameters are high, so you can pretty much toss out the low end of your budget. $ 6K may be do-able. While you can expect a decent frame and build to go 20 years, the fabric itself doesn't usually last that long if this is going to be a daily use type of piece. Even the best fabrics are usually all done in a dozen years, and I tell customers to expect closer to 7 to 9 years for average fabrics. YMMV. Assuming a Sofa or Loveseat Segment, a Corner Wedge, an Armless Loveseat and a Chaise is (4) pieces of furniture (At least three). A quality sofa or loveseat is at least $ 1,500 with that kind of build specs using entry level fabrics, so multiply that by 4 and there is your $ 6K. Move off base grade fabrics and you can add $ 1K to $ 2K to that price. Plus shipping. I know of the brands I carry Taylor King will meet the spec, in their Taylor Made promotion but we'd have to price it out, and I'm not sure they have Sunbrella fabrics.

    You won't get sag if you get a proper suspension that has decent webbing as a foundation. That's going to be 8-way, but not all 8-ways are alike. Some have cotton or pirelli webbing as the base, and when that stretches out, you get sag. Feathers can bleed out of a casing but its infrequent, most are encased in a down-proof ticking that retains them well.

    Hope that helps
    Duane Collie
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