While they're still not heirloom furniture (but not everyone can afford or even wants heirloom furniture), I think Ashley's casegoods/wooden chairs are quite a bit better than their upholstery. We had an Ashley chair and ottoman and they were downright garbage. I had to rip the dust cover off the bottom and reinforce the frame with screws because the arms/back (it was kind of a bucketish type chair and a half, arms and back all in one curve) were loosening disturbingly quickly, and replace the seat cushion foam after a couple of years even though the chair did not receive daily use. The nap wore off the microsuede upholstery and it did stain, which microsuede isn't supposed to do. We pretty much relegated it to the dog and cat for the last few years! It wasn't supposed to be moved to this house, it was supposed to go out on the curb, but the movers weren't paying attention; we just unburied it ;-) and gave it away to someone who rather desperately needed furniture and it looked so terrible that I felt quite bad about it, but they're just going to put a throw over it for now. It's not worth reupholstering, even DIY with free fabric! For the level of disposability of that piece I'd go to Ikea and spend half as much.
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