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Comments (6)Regarding Thomasville... They have two groups of leather construction - Leather Choices (made in China) and the Custom Leather Group (made in USA). Thomasville's 8-way hand-tied springs (a dying art only as good as the person tying) have been replace on many sofas with individual pocketed coils. Most Thomasville stores should have a sample. Flexsteel Manufacturing makes quality reclining furniture. Their blue-steel spring system has a lifetime warranty. Flexsteel also has two versions: American made and their "Latitudes" (China made) versions. The American made versions have a lifetime warranty on their frame, spring system & cushions. I speak from experience... My mother has her Flexsteel leather recliner since 1989 and it's still in fine working order and no problems. Check out the "Chicago" series. Just bought the "Chicago" recliner last year for my father's 80th birthday. The "Oslo" is great if you want to configure two recliners next to each other. Can be configured without the "home theater" look. I know many other people that own the Flexsteel reclining sets and stationary furniture. Some have had them for over 15 years with no problems. Only regret is they didn't purchase leather. Hope this info helps :-) Here is a link that might be useful: Flexsteel American-Made Reclining Sectionals...See MoreFlexsteel - Made in China
Comments (54)We had a brand new "fabric" (vinyl that looks like leather) Flexsteel power reclining sofa in our home for ONE month. It is now in the garage. For the entire month that we owned the sofa I was sick with "flu-like" symptoms. I ached all over, had headaches, had no energy, couldn't eat as my stomach couldn't handle it (just small amounts once in awhile), and fevers. Sounds like the flu doesn't it? I would be down for a week and then would have a few good days and then the rollercoaster started all over again. Well come to find out, after multiple visits to the doctor (during the whole month......most times I've ever gone to a doctor in my life), I came home feeling better (taking herbals remedies to try and get my immune system back to par), so I sat on the new couch. I wasn't there five minutes and all the symptoms came rushing back. The muscles on my entire body that were in contact with the "fabric" ached so bad I could hardly get up. IT'S THE COUCH I said!!! This was a Friday, Monday morning I was back in the doctor's office and he found my body TOXIC with formaldehyde. So I began treatment for this toxic chemical and I stayed far away from the couch. I couldn't seem to get better completely. I still had low energy and sore muscles (my cats started throwing up during this time as well). We moved the couch into the garage last night and within TWO hours I began to feel human again. Read on the internet the side effects of being around formaldehyde. These fabrics are in China, I've learned on this site tonight, and I was told by an organic furniture rep (just last week) that any vinyls or leathers imported are treated (for whatever reason) formaldehyde. So thanks folks, you've answered my question, that couch and fabric are from China and it has made me sick til it went into the garage last night. Just having it in the house (not sitting on it any longer) was making me sick still. Chemical off-gas and you may smell it at first, but when the smell is gone, it is still in your air! Leukemia and cancers can be brought on by toxic formaldehydes in your environment (read about it). It's in pressed composite board that furniture can be built of, paints, stains, wood flooring (real or fake), carpets, glues used in construction, and on and on and on. Thank God for a doctor who could figure it out! I finally feel well again and soon all the side affects should be gone. Be careful folks, these fabrics/leathers could kill you! Read about it on the internet......it's scary what we are living with in our homes! If you start having health problems, think through what may be new in the house and WHERE it was made and what may be in it!...See MoreWhere/how do you shop for sofas?
Comments (25)Oceanna, do you have a photo online? Would love to see. I've bought estate sale sofas, garage sale sofas, new sofas. If you can find a classic style with good bones used, and have a good upholsterer, you can get something custom without paying more than a middle of the road new sofa. My last and current sofa is Flexsteel. I did a lot of research, sat on a lot of cushions, and brought home about 2 dozen fabric samples from 3 stores before buying. I did some online research too. With a sale price, I paid about $1300+ about 8 years ago. I got a better quality fabric to stand up to child and dog abuse. I paid an extra hundred bucks for Guardian fabric protection and have not yet had to use it. The sofa still feels good, is supportive, and looks new. I may need to replace the foam in the seats next year so it will plump up a bit. We lay on it, sit on it, dogs jump on it, eat on it, and generally live on it. Love it. Love the Flexsteel steel frame construction. By the way, the 'life' of a sofa under Calif rules, is 7 years. Mine is going strong and I would most definitely consider another Flexsteel. Plus, the attached back cushions and 3 cushion seat style lend themselves to staying attractive and comfortable longer than some other styles. The moss sofa in forefront of photo is my Flexsteel. You can see how the seat and back cushions have their shape still. You don't see the slight camelback style, or the nailhead trim, or the bun wood feet. But those are personal style issues and I think you are going for longevity. In the back of the room is my 40 year old rattan sofa, bought through an ad in the newspaper. It had a lovely pink and mauve and green and white floral swirl print from maybe the early 70's. Nice. I had it recovered about 4 years ago in a sale chenille in a moss bronze color. It's all cushion styling. But again, the frame was great and worth recovering. Red...See MoreDo you like "serious poetry"?
Comments (33)friedag--is one of the following Mary Oliver poems the "climbing" one you had in mind? Of the handful of poems by Oliver that I know, these are the only ones that feature climbing--but there is no ladder, unless you want to count the tree as a ladder. Happiness In afternoon I watched the she-bear; she was looking For the secret bin of sweetness-- honey, that the bees store in the trees' soft caves. Black block of gloom, she climbed down tree after tree and shuffled on through the woods. And then she found it! The honey-house deep as heartwood, and dipped into it among the swarming bees--honey and comb she lipped and tongued and scooped out in her black nails, until maybe she grew full, or sleepy, or maybe a little drunk, and sticky down the rugs of her arms, and began to hum and sway. I saw her let go of the branches, I saw her lift her honeyed muzzle into the leaves, and her thick arms, as though she would fly-- an enormous bee all sweetness and wings-- down into the meadows, the perfection of honeysuckle and roses and clover-- to float and sleep in the sheer nets swaying from flower to flower day after shining day. That final image always cracks me up--the big shaggy bear, drunk on honey, fantasizing about being a tiny little bee flying around in ectasy as she gathers the pollen for making honey all day long! Don't we sometimes long to be the exact opposite of what we really are--in this case, a bear's version of Cinderella at the ball, perhaps. LOL The Honey Tree And so at last I climbed the honey tree, ate the bodies of bees that could not get out of my way, ate the dark hair of the leaves, the rippling bark, the heartwood. Such frenzy! But joy does that, I'm told, in the beginning. Later, maybe, I'll come here only sometimes and with a middling hunger. But now I climb like a snake, I clamber like a bear to the nuzzling place, to the light salvaged by the thighs of bees and racked up in the body of the tree. Oh, anyone can see how I love myself at last! how I love the world! climbing by day or night in the wind, in the leaves, kneeling at the secret rip, the cords of my body stretching and singing in the heaven of appetite May we all discover the "secret bin of sweetness" --joy and love--and find within ourselves a "heaven of appetite" for the honey of life! I like to pair these two poems (don't know if Oliver intended that or not)--the second poem showing what she learned from the bear (from nature) about living life to the fullest ("gathering rosebuds" while we may, as our favorite 17th century poet might put it?) as she figuratively climbs the tree of sweetness that the bear literally climbed. If neither is the right poem, they are still a couple of my favorite contemporary nature poems. Maybe this is why I'm fond of bears in nature poems. Kate...See Moreplayfish
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10 years agoThis furniture is horrible!!! We purchaed a set 2.4.10 and it now (12.13) looks like it is a least 10yrs old. We contacted the dealer (HiLife Furn of ABA) and Flexstell and their only offer was additional stuffing and recommended we purchase a leather resoration kit!!!! The set (2pcs) cost $3420...Currently we have initiated a complaint w/the BBB...depending on the outcome we may entertain a small claims suit in court. We are an older couple with only the occasional visit from grandkids. We applaud the one dealer on here who stated they would no longer carry the Flexsteel line due to the lack of quality....BRAVO!
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