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Anonymous wrote:Considering spending about $3700 on a large sofa. I’m usually pretty cheap but it feels like a huge splurge.

$3700 is too expensive for a sofa. This is a depreciating asset. Don’t waste your money on depreciating assets. You can buy a sofa that will last a long time for $1000.

I disagree. You can get a $1000 sofa that will last "a long time" but half of that time the cushions will no longer be comfortable, and it will no longer hold up as well. Our cheaper furniture was functional, but not as comfortable by about 8 years. We held out another couple of years and replaced it with a $3500 couch in 2008 and that couch, after 15 years including the last 12 with active kids and their friends, is still in great condition, the cushions feel like new (I still fall asleep regularly on that couch and it is comfortable) and it has held up well. So, we spent twice the money and now, twice as long has passed and we still don't need to replace the couch.

You get what you pay for.

A lot of furniture is shitty because we expect shitty furniture so pay low prices and get shitty furniture. I don’t mind spending more for pieces that are good quality and will last. It’s more sustainable environmentally too. I would only pause on spending whatever would be a lot for you if you plan to move soon because sectionals can be very room specific when it comes to size. FWIW I like room and board and I’ve heard west elm doesn’t stand up very well over time.

Anonymous wrote:Considering spending about $3700 on a large sofa. I’m usually pretty cheap but it feels like a huge splurge.

Maybe check out Kaiyo.com? We did that after researching what we wanted as new. I found the Benchmaid sofa of my dreams avail for half the cost and it arrived less than a week after I ordered it.

I know that’s popular but I think that’s strange when people still host holiday dinners, business dinners, and even team dinners at home

I MUST have a dining room

Anonymous wrote:Furniture is such a pain because unless you buy certain antiques or similar outmoded furniture, the value drops like a rock the day you buy it. If you buy $50K of new furniture, use it for four weeks and then try to sell it, you'll be lucky to get $10K.

+1 Plus these days the antique market has tanked. Most people under 60 don't want this stuff. It's hard to even give away an antique dining set or china cabinet. Lots of $2M+ new builds don't even having dining rooms.

Anonymous wrote:900 from Costco.

Hhi 500k

We might have bought the same sofa! This was about 6 years back. We also have more expensive sofas, but the kids trashed them. So we bought the gray sectional from Costco for $900. They trashed it too but we're still using it and I don't care. I just keep cleaning and repairing it myself. I told DH that we're not buying anything nice until our youngest is old enough to not ruin it.

Furniture is such a pain because unless you buy certain antiques or similar outmoded furniture, the value drops like a rock the day you buy it. If you buy $50K of new furniture, use it for four weeks and then try to sell it, you'll be lucky to get $10K.

We spent a lot, around 8k for one, but we like quality and buy for long use. Ours are all from Hancock & Moore. I'd never buy a sectional, they might not fit well into a different house when you move.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering spending about $3700 on a large sofa. I’m usually pretty cheap but it feels like a huge splurge.

$3700 is too expensive for a sofa. This is a depreciating asset. Don’t waste your money on depreciating assets. You can buy a sofa that will last a long time for $1000.

This isn’t true. That’s how much we paid for a sofa and four years later it’s falling apart.

I think it's worth spending a little more. In 1995, I bought a sofa set that was middle of the road (equivalent to a Pottery Barn sofa). It lasted 13 years and was still useable for an extra sofa. Fabric was in good condition, but the cushions felt uneven. We replaced it with a Basset sectional in 2008. 15 years later, other than some wear and tear on the fabric (due to now 12 yo twins having grown up on it over the last 12 years), it is still in great shape. The cushions still feel like new.

Spending a bit more to have it last significantly longer and still feel more comfortable throughout that time is worth it to me. I expect that this sectional is going to easily last us until the kids go to college, meaning it will be over 20 years old by then.

We paid about $4k for our leather sectional powered sofa. It was needed for my back pain. Not regrets at all. Love the design and it can fit 6 people. We can expand it with new sections if ever desired.

I have 4 sofas, the sectional was the cheapest but also oldest- it was around 3000, 11 years ago.

2 were around 4500, one of them was about 5-6 years ago.

1 was about 6-7k purchased 3 years ago.

I have all 4 sofas still in use in my house. They all look great.

If you buy a well made sofa with high quality durable fabric, you can expect to have them for as long as you want them. These are made so they can be repaired and reupholstered.

All 4 sofas are from well known furniture makers in North Carolina.

American consumerism is built too much around things being disposable. Buy high quality, classic items that don’t need to be replaced.

The price isn’t the determining factor, it’s the quality. Sure it’s a depreciating asset, but there’s no award for spending as little as possible. Cheap looks cheap.

I really love my room and board sofa and it is well made. I am not so happy with my west elm and my ikea sofas 5+ years later, even though they were less expensive.

I’m a thrift store woman so my current sofa was $100. But my mom still has the sofa that was in my grandfathers house. It’s a leather sectional, probably 40-50 years old and basically looks new. I hope to inherit it eventually. I’m sure it cost a ton of money but in that case you get what you pay for. Bottom line is, if you love it and it’s well made and will hold up to use then $3700 isn’t unreasonable.
May just feel like a lot.

900 from Costco.

Hhi 500k