Just “made as if it’s not supposed to be replaced every five years” can bump the price of a sofa way higher than $500.
Doesn’t need to be $14k, but probably $4k bare minimum, without paying a premium for a brand name or anything like that, nor going with leather.
The cheaper ones almost always use low-density foam that compresses badly with use in a couple years (IKEA is a big exception here! But also most of their sofas are more than $500…), frames that start to get iffy in a few years, and upholstery that looks ratty after a similar amount of time.
Furniture is on my list of things where there used to be a range of "solid, and you can make some choices" that was accessible to a lot of people, that has turned into "you can get whatever you want as long as it's made of particle board and laminate and will have a very finite lifetime." Because the old "solid and you can make some choices" zone is mostly upper middle class plus now. (Naming of that site aside.)
alabastervlog|10 months ago
Doesn’t need to be $14k, but probably $4k bare minimum, without paying a premium for a brand name or anything like that, nor going with leather.
The cheaper ones almost always use low-density foam that compresses badly with use in a couple years (IKEA is a big exception here! But also most of their sofas are more than $500…), frames that start to get iffy in a few years, and upholstery that looks ratty after a similar amount of time.
sgerenser|10 months ago
Glyptodon|10 months ago