Stickley sofa, price est seems low? now second thoughts on reuph

16 years ago

I've been toying with the need for a new sofa for several years - I'm VERY slow at making decisions. I keep going back and forth between new and not only reupholstering my old one but seeing if they can sort of rebuild it.

I thought I would ballpark price highest quality and the decision would be easy because it would be soooo out of my ball park. - to me I thought Stickley. An Alexendria (which looks very much like my current Penn House) with a medium quality tapestry was ball parked over the phone at about 2900.

That;s not cheap for my budget anyway, but I was thinking it would be more like 6,000+ Where did I get that idea? Is this price weird? I thought the decision to reupholster would be more of a no-brainer but now I'm wondering.

Several months ago I did some reach and decided on the reupholster I would probably use (I've only lived here 9 months) but have not gotten an estimate but figure to reupholster my Penn House, new springs in cushions, and generally try to make firmer would be what.....1500?

Wouldn't the Stickley be significantly better? Of course I have to consider that I would probably end up bumping up the price for additions like denser cushions or something.

Anyway - While more than double redoing my old couch Stickley didn't seem as high as I thought it would be. A few years ago I herniated a disk and my couch really bothers it. Of course its 15 years old. I'm not sure exactly when I'll budget this but hopefully sometime within the next 12 months and so I want to have a decision in place (as much as that is possible for a waffler like me:)

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edlakin
16 years ago
the stickley peices that are upholstered aren't as pricey as the pieces with wood visible.

the price you've quoted for that particular sofa is a very good price. my local stickley dealer (whom i've purchased stickley from) has that same couch at $3300.

it's very high quality furniture. extremely well made. i'd say go for it. they also have about a billion beautiful fabrics to choose from.
marys1000
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16 years ago
Thanks edlakin - its good to know the price in your area. This was a phone price so it could be that when I go in it changes. But now I'll have an idea of what's reasonable.
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The price of a Stickley sofa depends on the size of the sofa and other details, but what can really raise the price is the cost of the upholstery you choose. There are different grades of Stickley upholstery, with Grade A being least expensive and going up in price from there. My Stickley sofa has Grade H fabric with spring-down seat cushions, and I paid about $3,200 for it. If I had chosen a Grade B fabric, the price would have been much less.

If you want the extra firm cushions, I don't believe there is an extra charge for them. But it's when you upgrade the standard cushions to spring-down or down that the price increases. Some sofas come standard with spring-down seat cushions, but of course the price reflects the upgrade. I think spring-down cushions would be too soft for your back issue. For me, they are not supportive enough and have flattened out in a very short time, even though I fluff them and rotate them.
western_pa_luann
15 years ago
"If you want the extra firm cushions, I don't believe there is an extra charge for them. "

I got a $90 'upcharge' for the extra-firm seat cushions on my Stickley panel sleeper sofa...

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