Re: Is a high-quality sectional doable on a modest budget?
Some suggestions:
* Avoid the "Prime Retail" furniture store locations and go to the independents not in the trendy shopping districts. You will get more furniture for your money by not subsidizing national chains.
* Look for Floor Samples, every dealer has them, they often have significant markdowns.
* Don't even think about a leather sectional in that size for that kind of money, its not going to happen. You'll wind up with Bonded, Bicast, or Split leather / vinyl and it won't hold up. You can not get a new top grain leather sectional for $ 4K that is a 3/2 combo. Some slick-talking salesman will tell you I'm wrong and he will fix you up - but trust me, what he sells you will be ready for the landfill in less then 4 years.
* Watch Craigslist for quality pre-owned pieces. A good sectional in leather is $ 8K to $ 12K in your sizes, you may be able to score a lightly used better one for $ 3K to $ 4K.
* Two sofas will likely cost you less than a sectional. That's just the way the industry works. I can put you in a pair of Hancock and Moore # 9840 City Sofas in the JUST IN TIME leathers for a bit over your target price, but a if you wanted the same series in their sectional it would run double the price.
Good luck!
Duane Collie
Straight answers from thirty-six years in the business.
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