Sofas

[Mrs Wogans lemon drizzle]

Currently in the process of buying a sofa. 

What sofa brands do you folks recommend?  Like the look of Maker&Son but they're a bit pricey.  Had a look around DFS today and they seemed OK but lots of bad reviews online and the sales staff seemed a bit pushy.

[Dex Sawash]

Ian Sofa

[TrenterPercenter]

John Lewis? (check Ebay for second hand you can generally find a bargain).

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Sofa so good.

[JamesTC]

I got my sofas for free as I knew someone who worked at a second hand furniture store at the time. I recommend doing this.

[Buelligan]

Seconded.  Got mine out of a barn, think it's in a first world war style or late victorian.  Utterly free, which was nice.  If you've got local barns, check in there.

[Martin Van Buren Stan]

Just get it on a credit card. If you die owing money, you've beaten the system

[Crenners]

John Lewis are generally great for a decent warranty and removal of your old furniture when they deliver, which is a massive help. Same for mattress, etc.

I recommend you go in and ask one of their sales people to let you know when the sale is about to drop and give you a heads up. Then you can get in early before things sell out
and they may even let you buy at sale price before it begins. I had that once for a bed frame.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

If you don't mind a used one, you could try Facebook marketplace. You'll usually find a bunch of sofas going free, as long as you can haul them away.

[monkfromhavana]

Currently in the process of buying a sofa. 

What sofa brands do you folks recommend?  Like the look of Maker&Son but they're a bit pricey.  Had a look around DFS today and they seemed OK but lots of bad reviews online and the sales staff seemed a bit pushy.

We bought a new sofa about a month ago from DFS because we found one we liked and it was half price, sofa came and is really nice and was zero fuss, so I have no complaints. Even our salesperson wasn't that pushy, but then again we were quite easy customers, just looked at it twice then bought it.

[imitationleather]

We bought a new sofa about a month ago from DFS because we found one we liked and it was half price

DFS were having a sale?!

[mjwilson]

I went with DFS and it was all fine, bit surprised you have to wait 3 months while they make the damn thing, but that's probably just because I was new to sofa buying.

[kittens]

never paid for a sofa in my life. they are free. my brother and his wife paid over 4 grand for a sofa. that's a quarter of my salary. no no no. get it for free.

[imitationleather]

£16k p.a.

Big boy bucks

[Jittlebags]

DFS were having a sale?!

It ends soon though.

[bgmnts]

Someone will usually be selling a settee or something on some website like facebook or something like that.

[Blue Jam]

Creamy Elephant

[itsfredtitmus]

go the skip bring a horrid nasty thing home full of cigarette holes and make it nice with throwovers

[itsfredtitmus]

sit of loads on compost

[Brian Freeze]

I recommend you go in and ask one of their sales people to let you know when the sale is about to drop and give you a heads up. Then you can get in early before things sell out
and they may even let you buy at sale price before it begins. I had that once for a bed frame.

It started on friday, or at least at the weekend.

 I wouldn't normally know these things but a chatty fella told me on Thursday night and I was half listening.

[IsavedLatin]

I inherited my sofa when I moved in to my current place (ditto all the homes of my adult life) but I've heard very good things of Sofa.com, inc. service, longevity, etc. as well as design.

[Janie Jones]

Being a lifelong skip-diver and general scavenger I hate to discourage recycling/reuse but having had a bad experience myself, can I say that if you're bringing a second hand sofa into your home, watch out for bedbugs.

[The Dog]

Got a discount on our sofa because it had a man sitting on it. Didn't mind because it was a three seater and we only needed a two seater.

[Alberon]

Have a look on Freecycle. There's always sofas going on there.

Actually I have a sofa I'm getting rid of. It's got a few stains on (of what I'm not saying), but one professional clean and it'll be almost good as new.

[Buelligan]

Why don't you get it cleaned then, if you're that fussed?  People like you are destroying the planet.  Shit on the sofa and then throw it away?  NO.

[shiftwork2]

It was a settee in the lounge when I was growing up.  Then in the 90s it was a sofa in the living room.  Now it's a Chesterfield that resides in the drawing room.  I sometimes let my waft-wallah sit on it.

[dissolute ocelot]

I've got an Ikea one I've had for 15 years and cost about £200. Comfy.

Just don't buy from the Loaf cunts with their "slow rooms" and "Handmade in Blighty". Because they're annoying.

[Alberon]

Why don't you get it cleaned then, if you're that fussed?  People like you are destroying the planet.  Shit on the sofa and then throw it away?  NO.

I am putting it on Freecycle, though it's seeming forever to go live.

[Buelligan]

If I had a pound for every time I'd heard that story, I could afford a new sofa.

[Alberon]

?

Okay.