Temple is a small USA based family owned company. In short, the internal build quality is on a par with the much more expensive lines. Plywood frames...good or bad? Some a good, no great, and some are bad. While low and middle priced manufacturers use 5 and 7 ply fir plywood, Temple would deem this inadequate. Temple uses a thicker 18 ply all birch engineered wood. This is extremely high grade hardwood. Using engineered wood allows for interlocking joints that can prove to be much stronger than yesterdays corner blocking and screwing. Temple warrants the frame, along with the springs and cushions for the life of the sofa. So in short, Temple's frames are very high end.

Many brands of higher quality use the same spring and frame as Temple, and usually they are higher priced. Some will say that using a "plywood" with 8-way springs will not work. Sorry, but that is a false statement. When done correctly the solid hardwood engineered frame is more stable than a solid wood frame, less likely to develop a squeak and less likely to loosen over time. Manufacturing upholstery with all hardwood 18 ply birch is much more expensive than using solid wood. But temple, and several others, do this to give more value to consumers.