Leather Sofa's...
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Where better to post this than a car forun eh? 
Anyway, I am looking for some sofa's. Preferably a matching 3 seater + 2 seater due to the shape of my living room.
My budget is up to around £1200 or so because I am poor.
Would like black leather recliners.
Have found these in the laminated book of dreams: http://www.argos.co.uk/ProductDisplayTRK019?partNu... (Yep...right between the lizzie duke bling and the chipboard furnature) and they look pretty good value for money.
Anyone have any other recomendations? Not keen on taking out finance, would rather buy something I can actually afford now and be done with it.
Anyway, I am looking for some sofa's. Preferably a matching 3 seater + 2 seater due to the shape of my living room.
My budget is up to around £1200 or so because I am poor.
Would like black leather recliners.
Have found these in the laminated book of dreams: http://www.argos.co.uk/ProductDisplayTRK019?partNu... (Yep...right between the lizzie duke bling and the chipboard furnature) and they look pretty good value for money.
Anyone have any other recomendations? Not keen on taking out finance, would rather buy something I can actually afford now and be done with it.
Argoose, I'd rather be able to see it and sit on it before I bought it.
Have a look at Furniture Village, their regular prices are fairly expensive, but on sale the stuff is pretty good value. They do 3+2 seater sets. I've got the brown pair at the top of this page, had it a good few years now and is still looking good.
http://www.furniturevillage.co.uk/Sofas-And-Chairs...
Have a look at Furniture Village, their regular prices are fairly expensive, but on sale the stuff is pretty good value. They do 3+2 seater sets. I've got the brown pair at the top of this page, had it a good few years now and is still looking good.
http://www.furniturevillage.co.uk/Sofas-And-Chairs...
mgtony said:
Argoose, I'd rather be able to see it and sit on it before I bought it.
Have a look at Furniture Village, their regular prices are fairly expensive, but on sale the stuff is pretty good value. They do 3+2 seater sets. I've got the brown pair at the top of this page, had it a good few years now and is still looking good.
http://www.furniturevillage.co.uk/Sofas-And-Chairs...
I did have a look on their site earlier, there's a few 3+2's on there in budget, but only in cream leather. With two kids, not sure that's a great idea!Have a look at Furniture Village, their regular prices are fairly expensive, but on sale the stuff is pretty good value. They do 3+2 seater sets. I've got the brown pair at the top of this page, had it a good few years now and is still looking good.
http://www.furniturevillage.co.uk/Sofas-And-Chairs...
LordHaveMurci said:
Buy quality sofas second hand, you can pick some great stuff up on eBay & the like for the same or less than you'd pay for run of the mill rubbish from Argos etc.
This.You can get some really nice stuff on ebay or similar second hand. Recently sold two Thomas Lloyd 3 seat chesterfields (not to everyones taste I know) that were minty mint virtually as new. Would cost about £750 each new, sold both for less than £500 combined.
Bargain for someone, I should have kept them
I got one from DFS.. They were the best of the budget sofa places.
Got a 3, a 1, and a foot stool and i think it came to around 1200.
It's 2 years old now and still comes up like new when it's cleaned (it's cream) we've a Labrador that enjoys rolling in mud and generally jumping on/around and muckying up the suite too and tbh i'm impressed how well it has lasted.
I'd get another from them.
Got a 3, a 1, and a foot stool and i think it came to around 1200.
It's 2 years old now and still comes up like new when it's cleaned (it's cream) we've a Labrador that enjoys rolling in mud and generally jumping on/around and muckying up the suite too and tbh i'm impressed how well it has lasted.
I'd get another from them.
philmots said:
I got one from DFS.. They were the best of the budget sofa places.
Got a 3, a 1, and a foot stool and i think it came to around 1200.
It's 2 years old now and still comes up like new when it's cleaned (it's cream) we've a Labrador that enjoys rolling in mud and generally jumping on/around and muckying up the suite too and tbh i'm impressed how well it has lasted.
I'd get another from them.
A "good" leather Sofa should last 15 to 20 years but you would have to pay a lot more than £1200.Got a 3, a 1, and a foot stool and i think it came to around 1200.
It's 2 years old now and still comes up like new when it's cleaned (it's cream) we've a Labrador that enjoys rolling in mud and generally jumping on/around and muckying up the suite too and tbh i'm impressed how well it has lasted.
I'd get another from them.
OP. We've got a large 3 seater and a smaller 2 seater dark brown leather sofas that we may be looking to get rid of in the next couple of months. Original purchase price was somewhere in the region of £4k or so from some Italian company. They are a kind of straight design - not rouched or tacky DFS specialsThey are 5 years old and are still in absolutely mint condition.
PM me if you're interested (I can't guarantee we are going to let them both go, as SWMBO keeps changing her mind about what the plan is!)
PM me if you're interested (I can't guarantee we are going to let them both go, as SWMBO keeps changing her mind about what the plan is!)
Edited by schmalex on Saturday 8th October 21:31
I bought a tetrad leather sofa for £400 off ebay at the same time my sister bought 2 corner sofas and pushed them together to make one big sofa for £5000. I can't remember where she bought hers from, one of the generic tat stores like DFS or something.
Anyway several years down the line and my sofa looks exactly as it did when I bought it and is awesomely comfortable. Hers are totally f
ked and the leather if that's what you can call it has worn away.
Get a decent set off ebay rather than a piece of st from argos.
Anyway several years down the line and my sofa looks exactly as it did when I bought it and is awesomely comfortable. Hers are totally f
ked and the leather if that's what you can call it has worn away.Get a decent set off ebay rather than a piece of s
t from argos.scottdav said:
What about this beauty? Ebay link
All you need to do is take your house there.
I've already got a set just like that in black. All you need to do is take your house there.
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Found it while also looking for a new sofa but im not poor like you, my budgets around £300 
I guess I could just bring them in the house when I get home from work...
LordHaveMurci said:
Buy quality sofas second hand, you can pick some great stuff up on eBay & the like for the same or less than you'd pay for run of the mill rubbish from Argos etc.
AgreeWe got a 6 month old 3+2 Suite that sells new for about £1600 in SCS for £800 off e_bay from Aussie folk who were going home.
Simon Brooks said:
I think DFS might have a sale on at the moment
when don't they? I once found a shop in Cornwall where they had all of their sofas stacked on top of each other at stupid prices. This is how they can claim that they once were some astronomical price and make the sale prices look good1200 for 2 sofas in leather of that size will mean very basic leather from somewhere like DFS etc
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