I have a Berne sofa in my office now that is 15 years old. Besides being tired of the fabric it still sits like it's brand new. Just bought a replacement Drexel Heritage (Lillian August)darling curved sofa for $2500 that has managed to cause just about every muscle in my body to ache in just one week. So much for "you get what you pay for". If it's the same Berne from Indiana that mine is, I looked at one when I was making my decision and wished I would have gone with it.

Smith Brothers makes a quality product. I know quite a few retailers who swear by it. They have a 5/4 maple frame which is very good and a drop in coil spring unit. An 8 way hand tied unit is better but their drop in unit is fairly consistant. A drop in unit is a spring unit made outside the furniture and screwed into place. A drop in unit does not add to the torsional strength of the frame. Their tailoring is also good. All in all a pretty good choice from a price, value perspective.

King Hickory may have the fabric you like but after one day you might not like it so much. We picked out a gorgeous herringbone chenille that looked way too good to be in their standard price. Sit or lean on it once and it was ruined. Sofa looks 20 years old and we bought it about 2 years ago. No kids or dogs, either. I wish I would have gone with the Smith Bros. I had one years back and it was wonderful. There used to be a poster here would talked about a fabric's "rub count" (I think). Try Googling that and it will give you a test to do so you can find out how good the fabric is. Good luck!

I agree with you Nancy. I do not like to post negative things about a business but what you pay for this furniture you should expect a higher quality and I did not want others to go through what we did to get justification. Shave off the pills that would only thin out your material and possibly in time the material will tear. Of course they tell you it's going to look better over time because by letting it go like they want you to then you will have no recourse due to the length of time. We are in our late 60's and have never had a problem with our other furniture purchases. We buy good furniture to last and that is what I thought I was getting when I purchased from an American made company. I also called the company after Smith Bros. refused to do anything with my cushions and the gentleman that I spoke to was very rude before I even got to tell him what I was calling about. He ask me why I was calling them he said the customer is not to call Smith Bros. you are to deal with your furniture company where you made the purchase. When he finally let me explain to him that Smith Bros was telling me that that was the nature of the fabric to look worn I ask him why the other areas of the furniture was fine except for it looked like where the sewing was done on the arms and on the cushions where the material was flattened compared to the rest of the material. He gave me no answer and basically cut me off. I got no where with them. Sad that an all American company will not stand behind their product. I feel that if they know that a material will look worn or will wrinkle they should put that right on the sample that they have on display better yet why offer inferior materials. I pray your situation will be taken care of.