I have three I love (in a little bitty house!). :-) The one in the LR is a Flexsteel sectional we purchased last year (the "Jennings"). The seat depth is a bit on the shallow side, which makes it easier for the short folks but perfectly comfortable for folks up to 6' who've sat on it; our tallest friend is 6'6"ish and isn't comfortable in anything in our house so he usually sits on the floor! LOL I was a little worried that it would be too narrow for napping but somehow we don't seem to have any problem with snoozing. LOL It also sits high and firm, rather than low and squishy, so it's easy for arthritics to get up and down. (That was a top priority, since I have widespread arthritis and a whole load of other nifty stuff like that.) The back cushions are attached; I know some people hate that but I hate having to fool around with fluffing and straightening cushions so it evens out. Unlike some attached back cushions the fillers can be changed without unstitching them. Seat cushions are flippable, something that seems to be becoming less common; that seems to make them a bit "slithery" so they need to be pushed back into place occasionally but I think a bit of that ribbed rubber shelf/rug liner (we have TONS of it around and it's available in almost any dollar store) will do the trick to keep them in place if I ever get around to actually doing it. LOL I loved the fabric selection. We're hard on fabrics but I loathe microsuede; instead of the velvets and tapestries I adored we ended up with a very tightly-woven, flat-pile chenille type that we both really like. The other two couches reside in what would normally be the dining area of the eat-in kitchen. Couch #2 is almost 8 years old (wow, can't believe it's been that long), a leather couch in a now-discontinued style from Bradington-Young. B-Y does also make furniture in fabric upholstery, they're just particularly known for their leather. Cushion innards need replacing, we're very hard on them, but the leather and frame are wearing like iron. It's a bit low and a bit deep which was fine when I was less creaky but although it's an excellent napping couch it can be hard for the short and inflexible to manage, and for this reason may be the next piece of furniture to be swapped out when the budget permits (it's also just too big/chunky for our little house; it was the right scale two houses ago when we bought it). Back cushions are attached with velcro to keep them in place, which is a nice touch but rendered them un-flip-able in case of damage. Couch #3 is one I inherited from another G'Webber. It's from Highland House, which makes really nice furniture. It has a tight camel back and full-depth rolled arms (although I may have them scaled down just a wee tad when I can finally afford to have it reupholstered). I'm only 5'2"ish so pretty much any couch that fits any normally sized ;-) adult is going to be too deep for me sit sit with my feet on the floor and no pillow behind my back, but it sits high enough that it's not as difficult to get up and down and it's an excellent curling-up-with-a-book couch. When the time comes I'm going to have to choose the upholstery carefully though because it could very easily be too formal for our "country Victorian" but it's a keeper. I went out of my way to avoid down-filled cushions and completely loose-backed couches, because I am very anti-fuss. I think some people get a charge out of fiddling around with their cushions and pillows to get them "just so" and more power to them but that's not for me. I am all about low maintenance. :-)

We have an English roll arm sofa from Ethan Allen that is not too deep. It's the Paramount sofa, which can be configured in a number of different ways -- attached back, semi attached, or loose back pillows, english or a different style of arm, bun feet, straight feet or skirt, love seat, small sofa, long sofa, or sectional... and of course, there are any number of fabric possibilities. Ours is also a sleeper sofa that we had configured with their air mattress instead of the regular mattress. We've been very happy with the quality of this sofa. Sorry, I don't have any pictures of ours, but here's the link to the Ethan Allen website. They're showing the paramount with the other arm style, but it DOES come in an English roll arm style (that's what we have). You have to order through their stores -- they don't sell furniture online. Here is a link that might be useful: Ethan Allen Paramount sofa

Gilmoregal-thank you for your kind words. The sofa is a Bernhardt that I originally found at Haverty's. Then I found the exact sofa at Bob Mill's (which is a really strange store, they have really low end stuff and REALLY high end stuff) for half the price they wanted at Haverty's. I'm very happy with it so far. I also bought the matching chair and 1/2 which I like, but am not thrilled with the back cushion. It's going to need restuffing already. For some reason, it's totally different than the sofa cushions. I think you can look on Bernhardt's website and find the upholstery. If you need a closer pic, let me know. But it should be pretty easy to pick it out. I can't remember what the name of it is. Hope that helps.

Your comparing apples to oranges. The link is to a high-end reupholstery business. The manufacturers you pointed out are middle to lower end, for quality of materials including fabrics. A high-end upholstery shop will take days to build a sofa, using only the best materials and meticulously in every bit of quality. A sofa using Lee as an example will be built on a "paid by the production" line by trades-persons that specialize in each phase, from frame assemble - springup- cutting of fabric- sewing- inside upholstery and trim upholstery. If you add up the total price paid to these 6 different persons to build one sofa it will be around $100.00. They dont have time to spend to get anywhere near the same quality and attention to detail as the high-end reupholstery business will have. Their are less expensive upholstery shops in just about any part of the country and with purchasing fabrics from a local or online discounted fabric stores, you can easily get a much better quality sofa at a lower price when re-upholstering. Thats even comparing the fact that todays sofa frames are made from stapled together plywood. Your older sofa from 15 or so years ago will be solid hardwood frames with double-doweled construction. With much better spring construction. They dont make them like they use to is true for most upholstery manufacturers now.