Good quality leather sofa?

[pstruck]

I want to replace our ageing fabric 3 seater sofa and chair with a good quality learher suite, possibly a 3 seater and 2 seater sofa.

Any recommendations where to buy?

[CHIEF]

DFS


Seriously though bought mine from Arighi Bianchi in Macclesfield. upmarket place with reasonable prices. (just dont ask about the Roman Soldier and Batman, trust me)

Although browsing recently i was impressed with some of the stuff at Harveys although i cant comment on longetivity as i've never bought from there.

I wouldn't under any circumstances by from DFS though, my Sister made the mistake of that and (wrongly) thought by buying a more expensive suite the quality would be better, she spent over 2k and its now donald ducked.

[mgtony]

Take a look at Furniture Village, was the best place I found after seeing the hideous ranges in most of the other large stores. They are not cheap, so wait till they've a sale on, bought a 3 and a 2 seater, regular price was about £1600, paid about £750.

[Zippee]

Natuzzi. We purchased our suite from there, not cheap but a massive choice of styles and then leather colours and grades.

[andye30m3]

I bought mine around 7 years ago from John Lewis and they still look as good as new, Cost round £700 each.

I expect their range is more limited than some of the big furniture stores but might be worth a look

[Lefty Guns]

We have John Lewis Granada (in Espresso) and it's very well made and very comfortable.

[pstruck]

mgtony said:

Take a look at Furniture Village, was the best place I found after seeing the hideous ranges in most of the other large stores. They are not cheap, so wait till they've a sale on, bought a 3 and a 2 seater, regular price was about £1600, paid about £750.

I have seen a 3+2 set in FV which I really like the look and feel of, but wasn't sure whether their stuff stands up to the test of time. They do have a sale at present and at £800 it seems a good price.

[Shaolin]

MultiYork, not the cheapest but great quality and you can specify everything to how you want it, height, depth, cushion fillings. Wait until the January sales if you can, they always have some deal going on that will save you a few quid.

[ACEparts_com]

Natuzzi!

[CampDavid]

Bought ours from M&S. You need to hang on a bit till the 50% deals are kicking about but then there are bargains to be had. We have a cheapo bucket chair from there in leather (all others are fabric) and it's actually superb quality. None of that Hyundai Lantra-esqe stuff that you get from World of Leather etc

[mgtony]

pstruck said:

mgtony said:

Take a look at Furniture Village, was the best place I found after seeing the hideous ranges in most of the other large stores. They are not cheap, so wait till they've a sale on, bought a 3 and a 2 seater, regular price was about £1600, paid about £750.

I have seen a 3+2 set in FV which I really like the look and feel of, but wasn't sure whether their stuff stands up to the test of time. They do have a sale at present and at £800 it seems a good price.

Sofa so good

[Simpo Two]

Two people have mentioned Natuzzi. I'm planning a new scheme for my living room and drop into various showrooms with a digital compact to capture any nice ideas I see. Until I went to Natuzzi this had been fine with everybody.

When I got there, the salesman (who I presume was the manager as he was the only person there) was busy on the phone so I wandered upstairs, found a suite I quite liked and took a couple of snaps for the record. Eventually the manager wheezed his way upstairs and I told him I was looking for ideas for my new living room, and taking the odd snap if I saw something good. He replied that he didn't know me and that I couldn't take photos in his store as I might be spying for the Chinese. He was entirely serious. He then went on to tell me how fantastic their designs are, and how a company in Manchester almost copied their stuff and how Natuzzi sued them and almost bankrupted them. He then said that if Natuzzi sent him a wrong item, they made him pay for it and if he didn't, they'd stop supplying him.

At the door, I told him that even if Natuzzi made the perfect sofa that fitted my needs exactly, I wouldn't buy it - because they were such a bunch of unpleasant, pompous, arrogant, up-their-own-arse people.

[Zippee]

Simpo Two said:

At the door, I told him that even if Natuzzi made the perfect sofa that fitted my needs exactly, I wouldn't buy it - because they were such a bunch of unpleasant, pompous, arrogant, up-their-own-arse people.

What - all of them? Or just that one arrogant wker salesman that could in fact work for any furniture company?

The people we bought ours from were some of the friendliest and most professional salespeople we've ever dealt with (Leather Studio in Bedford).
They also sell through the larger House of Fraser stores so why not try there instead?

[ACEparts_com]

We went to Natuzzi at Lakeside. The guy spent THREE hours with us and even rearranged the showroom so that the sofa was the correct distance from the wall & window as it would be in our house to check for space. We also took 20 pictures!

[A M G]

pstruck said:

I want to replace our ageing fabric 3 seater sofa and chair with a good quality learher suite, possibly a 3 seater and 2 seater sofa.

Any recommendations where to buy?

Habitat: "Day's Forum", a timeless classic. We have the 3 and the 2, ash and cream leather - I think the current version has had a colour/wood change though.

[Simpo Two]

Zippee said:

What - all of them? Or just that one arrogant wker salesman that could in fact work for any furniture company?

The people we bought ours from were some of the friendliest and most professional salespeople we've ever dealt with (Leather Studio in Bedford). They also sell through the larger House of Fraser stores so why not try there instead?

Yes, I agree that the man was the problem and that another branch could be fine. I got the impression it was a franchise operation. God knows why they let him represent the brand!

[jas xjr]

CHIEF said:

DFS


Seriously though bought mine from Arighi Bianchi in Macclesfield. upmarket place with reasonable prices. (just dont ask about the Roman Soldier and Batman, trust me)

Although browsing recently i was impressed with some of the stuff at Harveys although i cant comment on longetivity as i've never bought from there.

I wouldn't under any circumstances by from DFS though, my Sister made the mistake of that and (wrongly) thought by buying a more expensive suite the quality would be better, she spent over 2k and its now donald ducked.

another vote for Arighi Bianchi.very good quality and service

[tenohfive]

I got a 3 and 2 seater from DFS just over 6 months ago, the Leon type - both in natural leather.

Not cheap (on my wages anyway) but worth every penny. Though looking at them now, the price they're advertised for is about 30% more than I paid.

http://www.dfs.co.uk/sofas/half-price-unbeatable-c...

[spikeyhead]

probably the best leather furniture available.

http://www.dandjpainefurniturecollection.co.uk/

[schmokin1]

don't laugh. but don't rule out ebay. there are resellers of returned sofas on there, marketing at about 1/3 of retail. If you find something you like from a relatively mainstream range, it's worth a check to see what these guys are selling.

I got my suite from ebay for a total of 700 quid (three different sellers). If I had gone straight to a sofitalia retailer and ordered it I would have spent well over three big ones..... I'm very happy with the leather qulity BTW.