I have bought two leather chairs, a desk, a Marston nightstand, and an ottoman from RH. Very happy with all purchases. The nightstand was a little bit of a disappointment though. The sales person wrapped it in bubble wrap. When I got it home, the finished was marred with a "polka dot" pattern from the bubble wrap! I have tried waxing, but no help. RH customer service left a message yesterday asking if I was happy with purchase...I will post later their response. IMO, RH surpasses PB in quality and design. RH is more classic - most pieces are made in USA of native woods. I think of PB as more trendy (maybe more transient?) furniture made mostly with tropical woods..

Thanks for the feedback, yayagal and walnut creek. I was beginning to get nervous about the black. I don't know if you looked at the Thomas armchair, but that is quite simple. When not in use, I was going to place them in front of the window where the low red/goldish chairs are now. I was getting them in a pretty seafoamish-sage green because all my furniture in the adjoining family room is cream. To go with them, I was thinking of these aimple mission style side chairs, in black, but maybe now to match the table, with the same green upholstery seats. Thoughts, photos? Here is a link that might be useful: Mission chairs

It's easy to say "Buy American" but how many of you would pay double for an item to do that? I do. All the time. A jeweler once admonished me to use local talent - otherwise someday when I needed something it wouldn't be there. I have taken this to heart. We're all responsible for how other people are treated. We're all responsible for the things we buy. Shamefully most of the electronics we use Coltan - which is (generally) obtained in deeply unethical ways requiring a price in life and blood that if most people knew about would look in askance at our throwaway culture of electronics. But for most other stuff you can generally find a way to not buy the thing that requires an other person live in misery. My avoidance of things made in China isn't born of racism. The Chinese are as capable of putting out an amazing work of art/carpet/tile/sink (or in this case plate) as anyone else in the world. I don't (currently) trust their business practices and I don't like the way their workers are treated. When you buy something from the US or Italy or France or Germany or someplace with actual labor laws you are (in part) paying for the fact that the man/woman who made it lives a pretty good life and has access to clean water. The factory where it was made does not throw out lead into the environment. I also don't buy carpets made in Pakistan or India because I don't think it is possible to buy carpets made there without taking part child slavery. If you can't afford the things you want in life without asking for someone else to suffer for them, maybe you should reevaluate what it is you want and what you actually need. Do you really think crack-addicted rednecks in American factories are more skilled than Chinese workers? If they're addicted to anything it's Oxy and Meth. Get your drug addictions straight. And you tell me: it's 2 AM, you're in some bigbox store because it's put all the other stores in the area out of business (and no sane proprietor would stay open to 2AM) and you need to buy a Thermos. They are both the same size, both will do the job, both are the same price. One is made in China - the other in the US. Which to you buy? If you use the fact that one was made in China and the other in the US - why? If you're saying that the "rednecks" do a worse job then I suppose you buy the one from China. Otherwise you already have your answer.

Homeowners, they didn’t have the khaki color in my store when I bought them, so I ordered ONE chair to see the color, figuring if I didn’t like it, it would be easy enough to return the one chair to the store. I liked it, so then I ordered 5 more. Just an idea, in case you end up in the same boat.