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0 pointsdylan6042y ago0 comments

Quality ain't cheap, and cheap ain't quality.

In furniture, you definitely get what you pay for...or not. I've found anything <$300 is going to be nothing but fake materials like manufactured woods (if not even just veneer covered cardboard) and horrible cushion/fabric.

Anything decent doesn't really start until ~$1k, and anything in the $3k range you mentioned starts to become heirloom quality. As with anything, these are YMMV, but serves as a fast basis for my experience

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ajsnigrutin2y ago

> Quality ain't cheap, and cheap ain't quality.

The problem here is, that expensive doesn't mean quality.

Buying a cheap ikea piece and replacing it in a few years might still be a better choice than overpaying for an expensive piece, that's the same quality as ikea, but with a different tag on it (both 'brand tag' and 'price tag').

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resolutebat2y ago

Unfortunately the premise of the article is that you can now easily drop $1k+ on a sofa that looks good on Instagram, but is constructed of particleboard and falls apart when you look at it sideways.

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TylerE2y ago

The entire problem is that “decently expensive, good quality, but luxury/fashion” largely doesn’t exist any more.

nijave2y ago

In the U.S. you can drop ~$5k on a Williams Sonoma et al sectional and get a cheaply made piece of junk. I've been happy with Maiden Home for around the same price. Wirecutter (now NY Times) has a couple good couch-buying articles.

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