In news: snipped-for-privacy@newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com, Smitty Two spewed forth:
??? I thought that's what I just said " You get what you pay for"
95% is junk, the other 5% you pay for and is mostly worth it, some not and your just paying for a name
I have never owned a couch, I use chairs (not sure why folks buy couches--makes no sense at all in MY home). If the springs are worn its my guess the fabric is very worn too. Inspect the couch carefully for damage in the frame and springs. You can cut a 1/8" ply or particle board to fit under the cushions for support. Also, consider raising the entire couch 2" by adding block feet under the existing legs. You may consider adding a fifth leg to support the center of the seating area, especially if the couch is long or deep. A slightly higher seat may make it easier for elderly or handicapped.
They make spacers that allow you to raise furniture and beds. I put some under our family room couch last time I had a back flare up. It helped.
So we can snuggle while we're watching TV. (Or while he's watching TV and I'm reading.)
Cindy Hamilton
In news: snipped-for-privacy@newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com, Smitty Two spewed forth:
for the most part it is, Roomstore, Rooms to go, Ashleys are complete junk Ethan Allen, Bassett, Thomasville even Baker and Henredon are no where near what they use to be. Hell, even Lazy boy is shit. Most all is made in China. Even some of the custom manufacturers are cutting corners just to compete. People no longer see furniture as the investment that our parents did. It's all disposible to this generation
Forget the chains- go to the small ma'n'pa dealers for brands you never heard of, that still have some quality. There is an 'Amish' furniture store up the street here that has some gorgeous stuff that is absurdly expensive, but would easily last a century or more. I have maybe 30 years or so left if I am lucky, so I can't justify a $2k dining room set, even if it is quarter-sawn oak a full 5/4 thick. with a base that would make it strong enough to hold go-go dancers. Their couches have exposed hardwood doweled frames, with fabric parts and cushion covers that can be redone easily- no nasty dead spaces for monsters to grow. IOW, the frame will last forever, and is well worth several hundred for recovering every 30 years or so. If I were to hit the lottery, I could easily drop 20 grand in there.
I did buy a decent couch and chair (quasi-mission style) for the other living room, just so I could have one room nice enough for company. Not at the Amish place, but another small store with prices a little closer to my place on the food chain. On sale, they were $1500. Everything I looked at elsewhere was either crap, and/or the oversize overstuffed styles aimed at drywall McMansions. In my tiny (12x21) 1960 living room, they would have overwhelmed the entire room. Anyway, if a SWMBO were to move in here by some miracle, those are the only 2 furniture items I would have any chance of keeping. Anyone with taste would burn or Goodwill the rest in short order. For some reason, women don't seem to like plywood bookcases and office-spec credenzas and desks and such.
Awww....
In news:yfqdnWq3WMjMs77RnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com, Ed Pawlowski spewed forth:
yup, Hancock and Moore build a damn fine recliner. you'll get many, many years of service from it
In news: snipped-for-privacy@newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com, Smitty Two spewed forth:
yes it is, but it is few and far between. I know because I've been building it for 32 years
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