Where to purchase discount quality upholstery fabrics - NY, NJ
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Comments (1)Dexter upholstery makes a nice product at a good price. You might ask a few questions, Is the spring unit a built in 8 way hand tied unit or a drop in unit (a unit made outside the furniture and screwed into place), are the frames 5/4 hardwood or hardwood plywood and what exactly are the cushion options....See MoreDiscount vendor for Norwalk?
Comments (19)Boy oh boy, you all really have me thinking (really, obesessing) about this. I am really torn. I want nice quality things but at what cost? I need to be able to sit on the pieces before purchasing them and we really don't have many furniture stores in my area. I'm going to another store tomorrow, about an hour away. I'll see what they have to offer. I did find a Drexel Heritage sofa that I love (the Kerry). It has a tight back, exposed feet, and low arms, but it is too deep, too high, and too long for my room. Plus, Rose, Boyles and Lexington don't sell Drexel. The local price is $2400 for the sofa. Ouch! So a sofa and a loveseat would be close to $5K. I wouldn't have the space for the chairs and ottoman I wanted. I would have to find one smaller accent chair. If I go with the Norwalk which is smaller in scale, I could get a sofa, loveseat, two chairs and an ottoman for $5,100. In both cases, this is a large amount of money and I won't know if I made the right decision for years to come. Let me ask you this, how important is it, really, to have a frame and springs that will outlast the style and potentially the fabric of the piece? If I spend the money for a high quality sofa and the fabric wears out or is out of style, I would probably end up spending another $1K (at least) having it reupholseterd anyway in 10 years. Why not just buy a new sofa then? If the frame style becomes outdated (which mine is), then what? I am not the type to get rid of something that is in perfectly good shape just because it is dated. I have two young children so I don't expect ANY sofa to last for the next 20 years. I'm shooting for a good 7 - 10 years. My current sofa, loveseat and chair are Schnadig --with sinuous springs and I have no idea what type of frame they have. They are 11 years old. I've had to replace the piping that became worn on the sofa and loveseat seat cushions. The piping on the pillows is also shot. Then the fabric started to wear at the corners of the center seat cushions (where they get the most use). Granted, the springs on the loveseat are starting to go - but this is the piece that the kids have removed the cushions repeatedly and used it as a trampoline for the last 5 years. The loveseat has also taken other abuse - not to gross anyone out, but if you have kids you'll understand - it was "christened" by my kids in more ways than I care to explain. The springs and frame on the sofa and chair are in good shape, as far as I know - no squeaks and good support. The seat cushions have not lost their shape at all. The loose back cushions look very sloppy and have definitely seen better days, but I think that's because of the style of the pieces. I LOVED the fabric when we purchased the set, but now I DETEST it. Plaid, plaid, plaid, yuck! I would never think of reupholstering the pieces because I don't like the style anymore. But if the cushions weren't ripping, I would have a hard time justifying purchasing new pieces. I don't even think the Salvation Army will take sofas that have holes in the fabric, so they will be put out at our next yard sale then thrown away if noboby buys them. I never put this much thought into buying anything before. All I know for sure is the old stuff has got to go soon and I need to stop obsessing. Sorry for my long rant. Thank you all so much for your comments and advice. Cindy...See MoreI need a reality check on the cost of quality furniture
Comments (7)FYI, a quality frame starts with 5/4 kiln dried hardwood, double doweled with screws and glued, with corner blocks in all corners screwed & glued. Either 8-way hand tied or sinuous wire springs. To most manufacturers this cost them around 200.00. Quality padding meaning high density foam or fiber over the springs, arms, back and outsides adds about 30.00. Seat cushions should be in a woven ticking wraped with 1 1/2 to 2 ounce fiber or you can opt for fiber/down envelopes. Choose at least 1.8 pound density HR foam or a marshall spring unit. These usually cost around 35.00 to 50.00 per seat cushion. Backs should also be a woven ticking with at least 3 dividers filled with fine denier conjugated 100% fiber or a 50/50% mixture of this fiber with feathers/down. The cost is usually between 25.00 to 35.00 per cushion. Labor and indirect expensives adds around 40.00 per seat. Always calculate these numbers as chairs =1 seat, loveseats 2 =seats and sofas 3=seats and sectionals add additional corner seat. Add these numbers together then times 2 to get what a retail store should pay the manufacturer excluding the cost of the fabric or leather. Quality fabrics wholesale to manufacturers price starts around 8.00 per yard and leather around 4.00 per sq. ft. Same rules apply here take these numbers times the amount of material needed times 2 and add the previous figures and this is what the retailer pays the manufacturer. The retailer usually mark this up 100% then adds freight cost around 75.00 per seat,depending on the distance. This will give you a starting point on what to expect to pay. Or you could make the trip to NC and shop the factory outlets and save around 50%. BTW, Ethen Allen, Lazy-Boy, Ashley, Broyhill most their frames are plywood. One easy way to tell a quality upholstery is to lift up the seat cushion and it should be thickly padded under the cushions and you will not be able to feel any springs. That works only when they use springs and not elastic webbing, something you should avoid also. Hope this helps....See MoreNot enough upholstery fabric!
Comments (13)jakabedy:"...Did you order the right amount of fabric but it came in short? If so, I would think the shop/supplier could work with you to get it without the upcharge..." We looked at the fabric a few days before Christmas but at the time we still didn't know how much we'd need for the design, so we took a sample home. We finalized the design and I figured out the approximate yardage, given that I wasn't precisely sure about the size of the repeat. We tried to go back to the shop the next day but we had a snow storm and the shop was closing early for the holidays anyway, so we couldn't have made from here to Santa Fe in time before they closed. But the young woman on the phone was very cool about extending the sale price to me because of the circumstances. We returned when they opened again after the holidays, but discovered only then that the bolt was short a couple yards. So we asked about ordering the couple yards needed in addition to what was on the bolt, and it was then that we were told that the bolt price was a bulk order price, and anything more that I'd need would not be available at the sale price but would be the regular, $99./yd price. So we decided to abandon the fabric and try something else. We actually did buy the fabric in the second sample above, and I think it will work just fine. jakabedy: "...Looking at the plans, I'm confused a bit about what exactly will be upholstered..." The settle is mostly oak, but the seat will have 3 cushions. The back has the 3 inset panels that will be padded and upholstered on the front, but with unpadded upholstery covering the back of the same panels. I did think of mixing fabrics, but I've got several small areas of different fabrics going on in the room so I thought I should have one or 2 larger pieces of furniture with only one pattern of fabric on them (I think we'll also use the second choice fabric on the recliner my husband is going to make...after he's done with this project!) mrsmarv: "Have you checked out Fabric Guru . com?" I was hoping to get some ideas here on where to look for the foam--I'll try that, thanks! And thanks, squirrelheaven, I'm taking any and all suggestions for future reference! Thanks, tishtoshnm!...See More
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