Sueb - good idea about Circle... I used to buy a lot of things there and they kind of fell off my radar when I moved out of Cambridge. Their quality has historically been good. Tibbrix- Yes - buying upholstered furniture is so hard. I am so sick of bad quality. This is why I try to buy a lot from MGBW. I think their quality is very good for the price. We own a 13 year old Pottery Barn sofa that was made by MG and it is still in excellent shape. Same with our 10 year old RH chairs made by MG. Thanks for the West Elm link - I like the look of their furniture but worry about wear and tear - this sectional will be high use in our house (family room). Chispa - will let you know what I hear from RB on modifications. Good luck in your sofa search! Bonnieann - I may end up at BDC. It is overwhelming to me, but I could manage if I had to.... it is sort of my last resort. :) My Marina name is not related to Quincy, but rather b/c I love watching boats and people from a marina we use on the Cape. Thanks for your suggestions!

jejvtr: Thanks for the feedback. I am still looking. You are right--that sight is addictive. I think part of the problem is my rug was an impulse buy--used Karastan on CL for $300--and the colors there tend to be more on the cool side whereas the curtains are more on the warm side. The navy reads more blackish IRL. I think I would prefer to coordinate with the drapes since I can see myself swapping out this rug at some point... My instincts don't always steer me in the right direction and there are lots of detours. How did your house turn out after you painted it? I remember some progress pics, but not a final. housefairy: Thanks for the tip on the fusable interfacing and the fabric guard. I will look into both of those for my project. ronnieroo: That is probably best to just order the samples. I saw on another DR chair thread where the poster bought fabric online and the online pic looked different than her pic. What fabric project are you working on? I haven't seen any posts from you lately.

Wow, ask and you shall receive! We have both an IKEA and a terrific World Market, and of course Target all nearby. The price points are excellent. Looks like I'll be making a field trip this week. In answer to questions: 1. Yes the sofa is going, LOL -today as a matter of fact. 2. I loved the old table too, and did not want to get rid of it, but for awhile it's been too small. Even six people around it was a bit uncomfortable. That table was an English drawer leaf table, and so I now have it in it's square size, at the end of my sofa in the family room, and I love it! Holds a lamp I needed at that end of the sofa, and even gives us a place to play a game or do a puzzle. 3. The ultra modern 'ghost' chairs and others are probably comfortable but they just look so darn uncomfortable to me that I can never wrap my head around them. 4. The chairs with the covers that I made for them will be in reserve. I only plan to keep six chair around this table, but will be able to pull up to four of these out when we have more than six guests. It's funny I didn't mention tufted because when I was out and about and saw them a few days ago, I instantly thought, "Ooooh!" So now I'm thinking what might be kind of nice would be either 4 of the tufted World Market or Target chairs or 4 of the IKEA chairs, with two armed/upholstered chairs at the ends. Since I can sew/upholster/slipcover, I've been watching CL, but haven't found the right ones yet.... Thank you all so much. This post was edited by bestyears on Sun, Feb 8, 15 at 18:17

Again-thanks for all the thoughtful replies. mtn- I never would have thought of rattan. They might be pretty comfortable but I'm not sure DH would go for that. pink- I like the look of those chairs but I think we need something softer. And cyn- I actually do have one antique walnut chair with a caned seat that goes with my little walnut desk but it's small and the last time I used it at an overfull table (15 people for Thanksgiving) the person sitting on it actually broke it a little. Not the caned part, but it was a little embarrassing for her . . . oly- I LOVE that capo chair, but I'd probably have to actually not buy groceries for several months (years?) to buy 8 of those (or 2, or 4, etc.) I love Room and Board too so I should meander over to their site. Darn, and I was just at University Village in Seattle last month when my oldest grandson was at Children's so I could have actually sat in some. Poor planning. And I have been looking at local consignment stores too. What do you all think about not having all matching chairs? Would that be too weird? I'm very okay with things not matching but I don't want "eclectic" to turn into chaotic.