What is a good quality sofa? Is a cheap sofa worth recovering?
A. We could classify the quality of sofas into three broad categories: • High Quality Sofas. They are definitely keepers! They combine comfort and elegance. They feature hardwood frames, well padded arms and backs, sprung (and sprung edged) seats, excellent cushioning, attention to detail, high quality fabrics. Generally speaking, high quality sofas are so well built that they last for many years. They are worth re-upholstering again and again. High Quality Sofas are either custom built or purchased from top-end-of-the-market furniture retailers. • Medium Quality Sofas. Medium Quality Sofas are also worth re-upholstering. In fact, as a favourite upholsterer’s slogan puts it, they can be made “better than new”. This can be done because their frames can generally be reinforced, their padding and cushioning improved or replaced, their webbing/springing reinforced or replaced, and fabric/or leather replaced with a better quality one. • Low quality, cheap sofas are not always worth re-uphol
