What are quality brands of furniture?
maymester
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Please share High Quality Furniture Experiences (brand list in post)
Comments (16)Thanks so much for all the replies so far... I knew the list was too long and somewhat messy since some of the listings with someone's name may be people/designers who have contracted with another manufacturer to produce a line with their "brand/name" stamped on it instead... but when I posted on the furniture forum I didn't get many responses when just asking for quality, so I thought it might help to have a list to jog some responses. Reviews mean a lot to me when making purchasing decisions, and I am coming at the upholstered world with very little knowledge. A few years ago after a lot of research back then, I purchased our first two pieces of upholstered furniture that were not "hand-me-downs" or cheap college purchases, and I went with Lee Industries. Unfortunately I think we only sat on that sofa and beautiful chair two times before we found out my husband's job required a major move, and since we had purchased them during a promotion, we were able to get most of our money out of them through Craigslist, which was better than paying mover's to transport our things and pay for storage since we'd be landing in a partially-furnished rental for the first year. Since then I have read a lot of conflicting Lee reviews, including on GW/nowHouzz, and so it feels like starting over, but I'm still leaning that way. I tend to like to spend money on experiences vs. things, so I really want to get as many decades out of our furniture purchases as possible, even if paying a little more on the front end for quality to make that happen. Though a poster above was spot on - they just don't make 'em today like they used to, do they... I wish they did! My favorite chair in our house is from my husband's 87-ish year-old-grandmother, and it was second-hand when she bought it many years ago, so I guess it's third-hand by now. There are a few stains, but it sits perfectly, and I would never recover the embroidered linen on it unless it wears through - I can't even imagine what that kind of fabric would cost today. Re: case goods... I know my standards on that front are only because my parents own a small mom-and-pop store in the Midwest that sells solid wood case goods, mostly Amish-made. While it isn't all my style, that is how we ended up with hand-me-downs, and so over the years my Dad has drilled into me to look for solid-built, solid wood quality. If not for the family discount on that front, my preferences might be different. To answer the question above about veneer - the reason why I excluded veneer is because they don't carry anything with particle board or veneer, but I also want to avoid veneer because in our current rental, two side tables that are not ours have nicks through the veneer that reveal the mdf or particle board underneath, and they just aren't wearing like the the 10+ year old coffee table we got from my parents, which still looks pretty perfect. Our pedestal breakfast table is the same one I sat at for dinner each night as a child, and other than the fact that it has been refinished once and that oak is currently off-trend, it looks pretty indestructible. I wouldn't pick the oak today, but the table has a nostalgia that will keep it with us. I hope to update the look a bit with upholstered chairs around it. If I could edit the thread list down after the fact, I would, but unfortunately it looks like the time window for changes has passed. Thanks again for all the reviews so far, it really helps to know what has worn well and what to look for... sounds like I may need to start looking at some estate sales and craiglist ads too......See MoreWhat is the best quality living furniture?
Comments (7)I was a Flexsteel dealer for several years, surrendered the line as the quality control and attention to detail was not up to my standards. That's not saying its poor quality, however it lacks the workmanship and details that make it top shelf. No one builds a higher level of motion furniture than Hancock & Moore....See MoreQuality furniture brands?
Comments (1)I continue with Ethan Allen. They seem to hold up well and I like the choices in fabrics. I have also gotten some great prices on floor samples....See MoreYour favorite brands still making high quality furniture in 2021?
Comments (26)When my dad sold the house I grew up in, we were all settled enough or close to being settled enough that very few pieces of furniture were sold and all of us, either children or grandchildren have something, and there was some regret about some of the pieces that sold within a short period of time after. A lot of the furniture did need to be put in (climate controlled) storage for a few years, but it was worth it. I have most of the receipts. They used a decorator from a major department store and my dad, who was a doctor, took a job at another hospital just to pay for the furniture. Considering that it virtually all survives somewhere after 50 + years it was a good investment. I live in an area with several major university hospitals and graduate programs, and when I first moved here, I would see some really interesting vintage furniture moving in and out of grad students' apartments: obviously the high quality but "dated" furniture from their (fairly affluent probably) parents' houses and then a few years later some of the same really interesting stuff would end up in the local used furniture store if they did not take it with them again. (Random Paul Evans, and Edward Wormley even) Well that has changed, now the residents move in and a furniture truck pulls up and delivers new furniture and after they have done their time it gets dragged out to the street and abandoned, and if the sofa is lucky, someone grabs it before the cushions get stolen, after which it is worthless, or if it is unlucky it sits there deteriorating until it gets hauled away, or if it's *really* unlucky it gets set on fire (very rare but not unheard of). It's just very wasteful but it's all so cheap now its not even worth moving....See Morehtnspz
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