Best of the high street sofa brands

Best of the high street sofa brands

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craig1912

3,312 posts

113 months

Monday 12th October 2020
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Any experience of http://loaf.com/

We are after new sofas/chairs for two rooms and dining table and chairs.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

132 months

Monday 12th October 2020
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abucd4 said:
Sofa workshop - limited branches unfortunately but honestly incredible for comfort and extremely well built. Would never go anywhere else but I expect this one to last another decade at least.

Some are very expensive but we’ve got the Dillon which is more in line with mid-top end high street. Have a look.
Some of their sofas too look really good. I quite like their Fat Lux Truffle but at £8k its the price of a small car...







Edited by LeadFarmer on Sunday 7th February 23:28

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

132 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
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3 months later and Sofa Workshop are now all half price. Imagine paying £8k for this sofa, then a few weeks later seeing it for sale at £4k!!!



Suboxone chic

5,245 posts

121 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
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"Truffle" is a terrible name for a sofa. Truffle is a fungus that tastes of clay, and is probably close to athlete's foot. A fungal sofa. Nice.

dhutch

14,390 posts

198 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
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LeadFarmer said:
3 months later and Sofa Workshop are now all half price. Imagine paying £8k for this sofa, then a few weeks later seeing it for sale at £4k!!!


Messy

Pentobarbital chic

5,245 posts

121 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
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Too big as well. Fat Labrador would take the 2 seat bit, then the rest would be stuck to animals (I have a donkey problem).
Best to have a few separates.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

132 months

Monday 8th February 2021
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Suboxone chic said:
"Truffle" is a terrible name for a sofa. Truffle is a fungus that tastes of clay, and is probably close to athlete's foot. A fungal sofa. Nice.
Would you seriously let a name put you off buying something? Who cars what it's called, it's only a name. I couldn't care less if the perfect sofa for me was called 'slimy dog turd' as long as it's what I wanted.

I've been browsing the Parker Knoll range and some of them are very nice looking, also this Amalfi Living Lucca has my eye..



Edited by LeadFarmer on Monday 8th February 17:52

Clifford Chambers

27,041 posts

184 months

Monday 8th February 2021
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LeadFarmer said:
Would you seriously let a name put you off buying something? Who cars what it's called, it's only a name. I couldn't care less if the perfect sofa for me was called 'slimy dog turd' as long as it's what I wanted.

I've been browsing the Parker Knoll range and some of them are very nice looking, also this Amalfi Living Lucca has my eye..



Edited by LeadFarmer on Monday 8th February 17:52
Amalfi is miles from Lucca.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

132 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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Today we ordered a Natuzzi Curioso L shaped sofa, a variation of the one below but slightly different seat arrangement and in a darker grey leather. Purchased from a local well established shop called Pondsfords.

We visited a few different stores and at over £5k we certainly spent more than we initially expected, but we found there was always something not quite right with all the others we had looked at. This one fitted the bill and we specced powered recliners. Only problem is the quoted 20 week lead time..


paralla

3,536 posts

136 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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I just sold our eight year old Camerich sofa which was still comfortable and looked good. I tried giving it away but didn’t know anyone with a room big enough to fit it in, it was 3.1m long.


It’s being replaced by a less visually bulky one from B&B Itallia that I hope will last forever given what it’s costing.

Meeten-5dulx

2,585 posts

57 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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paralla said:
I just sold our eight year old Camerich sofa which was still comfortable and looked good. I tried giving it away but didn’t know anyone with a room big enough to fit it in, it was 3.1m long.


It’s being replaced by a less visually bulky one from B&B Itallia that I hope will last forever given what it’s costing.
Is this sold now?
I’d be interested….

paralla

3,536 posts

136 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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Meeten-5dulx said:
Is this sold now?
I’d be interested….
Some students collected it yesterday for their flat in Shoreditch so it’s probably covered in beer and vomit by now.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,259 posts

236 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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paralla said:
Meeten-5dulx said:
Is this sold now?
I’d be interested….
Some students collected it yesterday for their flat in Shoreditch so it’s probably covered in beer and vomit by now.
Students spending money on furniture yikes what has the world come to?

paralla

3,536 posts

136 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Students spending money on furniture yikes what has the world come to?
I only asked £100 but I thought that as well. When I was a student my furniture was made of concrete blocks and old doors.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,259 posts

236 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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paralla said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Students spending money on furniture yikes what has the world come to?
I only asked £100 but I thought that as well. When I was a student my furniture was made of concrete blocks and old doors.
We didn't have any, but it never worried us.

TimmyMallett

2,848 posts

113 months

Saturday 3rd July 2021
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We went to sofa.com before we went to dfs (next door) in the hope that it would be slightly less st than dfs.

Funnily enough we were wrong. 2 huge shops full of fking horrible motorised fat people chairs.

Nice.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,259 posts

236 months

Sunday 4th July 2021
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TimmyMallett said:
We went to sofa.com before we went to dfs (next door) in the hope that it would be slightly less st than dfs.
Anything with the Mike Ashley touch is likely to be quality hehe