HELP!!! Which Blue Sofa Should I Buy???
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Comments (13)I think your questions are good, in concept, but I'd like to offer some alternates. 1. Broiler -- type? open or concealed? how to clean? how close does a pan go from the topmost rack? How far across the oven does the broiler extend? What are the heat settings and temp range? Does it turn itself off? 2. Convection/baking system - How many fans? How many racks? Ease of inserting & removing racks? Evenness of browning? Exposed or concealed lower element? 3. Cleaning - Self? With or without racks? Cleaning area? What additional cleaning must be done? Length of cleaning cycle? Options? Max heat temp buildup in cabinet? 4. Controls - Knob or touchpad? Where does oven vent? Timer included or no? How many different settings? Convection only or convection & conventional bake? Most important: is control panel hot to the touch after oven has been on for 30 or 40 minutes? 5. Temperature range - lowest and highest. Preheat time. 6. Installation & waranty - anything special? How long? Parts? 7. Other features? What makes this oven unique? Hope you don't mind me reworking the questions somewhat but the answers to these will cover all your cooking questions. The operation of the oven governs the cooking. Roasting just requires heat -- it is not precision cooking. But the questions about the broiler and evenness of the convection heat flow are important to the way your food will cooking the oven. Some of us who have been around on this forum a long time and have seen folks post that they bought such and such because the salesman said, then have problems, do tend to shake our heads. Because the issues before and after you buy change dramatically. Having owned an oven that vented at the top towards the electronics and made the control panel too hot to touch on Thanksgiving, you get a little picky. Also, having a clock in the oven that blew out 3 times ($200/pop for replacement) you tend to get grumpy. Anyone who had the beautiful blue enamel they fell in love with on the inside of the oven chip off, might just not worry about the way the next oven looked. It's not fun to have problems after. Better to have fun baking and using the appliance happily. Therefore my suggestions of some questions to ask before. If someone cannot answer those, it's important to find someone who can....See MoreWhich Sectional Sofa Should I Choose?
Comments (1)I loved the Cagliari. I think the ottoman with it would be fabulous as well. My only suggestions would be to try before you buy. I think it is important to actually lay on the sofa or one like it by the same company. Also don't forget to ask about it's construction. You won't regret doing the research....See MoreWhich of these 2 sofas should I choose?
Comments (10)For the Ralph Lauren sofa, I think the button design in the back is intentional, but I can see how one might think buttons are missing. The cushions look like they are slightly worn down in some places, but depending on what's inside them, those can be easily replaced - just go to any good upholsterer. If it's a feather down envelope with foam core, that's the easiest to deal with, however, if it's just loose feather down or something where you can't re-use the foam, you'll have to buy all new if they aren't comfortable. The difficult part about buying a used sofa is that you don't know what kind of shape the springs underneath are in. If the springs are shot, replacing the foam in the cushions will do no good. You'll have to reupholster...maybe sooner than you want to, and reupholstery can sometimes be more expensive than a brand new sofa. That being said, the Ralph Lauren is probably the better choice in the long run just because the frame will probably hold up longer. Do you know if it's been reupholstered before? If it has been, the frame might be slightly damaged just from taking staples out and putting them back in, so keep that in mind when you think about the "bones" of the sofa. For the IDF furniture, you are basically getting a dacron-wrapped seat cushion, meaning that if you like feather down cushions, this won't feel like that at all. However, they have a 30 day return policy (with 15% restocking fee) if you are unhappy with the furniture. Their website states that "Seats and back spring rails are cut from 7/8 hardwood" but that doesn't mean the rest of the frame is a good quality frame. If you want to reupholster this in the future, you might run into problems. After 15+ years of reupholstering furniture in our shop, we always recommend going with a sofa that has a good quality frame, as those will stand the test of time (which obviously the Ralph Lauren has so far!) We always have customers coming in with cheap frames they want to have reupholstered, and most of the time it's either impossible, or way more trouble than it's worth - and those furniture pieces usually end up in a landfill after 5 or so years. If you don't have the opportunity to test the sofa, I would certainly ask about some of the things I mentioned above before making the purchase of the used sofa. Both of them are beautiful though!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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