Just to update, we finally ordered a sectional from Century. It is L shaped with a loveseat on one wall and a sofa length on the other. The good thing is that it is 43" deep so it should be very comfortable to lay on. We chose a chenille type fabric in a greenish tone. We started the room's decor off by picking 2 oriental rugs and pulling colors from that. The sofa comes with 7 throw pillows, so I chose 2 different fabrics for 4 of those. We'll see if it works or not when it comes in! On another note, once we started to choose decor, we realized the color on the walls was pukey and we had to get the painters back to change from blue to brown. I'm so glad we did that. It really warms up a basement room with no windows. The lighting is what made color selection so tricky. Also in there, we got a leather recliner from Hancock & Moore. And the really neat looking Wisteria Barn door coffee table. Funny thing is that when it arrived, it really did smell like a...barn door! Fortunately that smell has disapated.

rmanbike, I'm heading out to La-z-boy to ask those questions. I'm also looking at this one from Havertys. http://www.havertys.com/furniture/parker-sofa It's made in America. They say it has "Zigzag-shaped sinuous (or no-sag) springs." The red flag is that this is an attached cushion so it can't be turned. But, as I mentioned before, it won't get heavy use. Any thoughts? Also, I'm still wondering if $150 for fabric protection (La-z-boy) is a bit steep for one piece of furniture.

@Sarah Much of the wood furniture in our house are pieces I ‘inherited’ (since they came from relatives who were still alive at the time, it was more of me being the sole person who expressed interest when the opportunity to get the furniture came up) some is over 40 years old, the newest is around 20 years old. Pretty much all will make it to the age where they will officially be considered antiques with my efforts to keep them cared for and clean. Upholstered furniture is slightly different in what to look for to get a long lived piece, and as many are featured in prominent areas (read: people see and use them a lot) it’s commonly these items we frequently want to replace/redo with something that suits the latest trends. The sofa with chaise that is in our main floor living room we bought in August 2017 (special order fabric so it wasn’t actually here until late September) wasn’t terribly expensive at around $700, but it fits the space and our 4 foster kiddos watch tv/play downstairs in the basement family room area that has the ‘wallhugger’ stationary back wood frame futon. The futon mattress is relatively inexpensive to replace, dark gray in color, so if it has to be replaced we’re totally fine with that! The sofa+chaise is a lovely sapphire blue, a nice place to seat guests and where the mister placed the GIANT fancy new tv (the only furnishing that he really wanted to pick out, was that tv - everything else he has put in my hands to decide on!) so he can watch it, and I can simultaneously cook while watching the news/whatever tv show I’m binge watching. Do I expect the sofa+chaise to eventually be a 100+ year old family heirloom? Of course not. But it will make it at least 8-10 years before I’m itching to replace it, and that’s okay. The mister isn’t creating a dented area in the shape of his butt on the thing even though he usually sits in exactly the same spot and the exact same position. So far there hasn’t been any stain-causing mishaps by anyone, all I can ask for really. :p

Reupholstering is not a bargain option. I am finishing up a complete remodel and I had some stuff reupholstered and other stuff done new to my specification from the upholsterer. The reason to have something reupholstered is if the style and/or underlying quality are such that it would not be possible to replicate on today's market. Furniture is not built to the same quality level as was done 20 or 50 years ago. The pieces I had done were chairs with significant wood details - I would never have been able to replicate the style and I still liked them.