My husband is extremely rough on sofas. A normal sofa lasts in our house 2 years MAX -- he breaks them down. Now I must say that we don't buy EXPENSIVE sofas -- so perhaps that is why he breaks them down -- the QUALITY is not there. He's a sofa layer and if he's home, he's laying on the sofa -- and he's not a tiny guy.

We did have our last sofa for 10 years (and that is a record) and last summer bought a new one because the old one was shot (and actually should have been replaced at year six or seven) and we were expecting a houseful of company to celebrate our youngest grands 1st birthday.

It was on sale and leather and we bought it without doing ANY research. It didn't even last a year -- the middle bottom board broke and you could reach down behind the cushion and touch the floor (DH fixed it with a little stool to hold it up and that worked for a few months) and then the leather started to peel off of the middle cushion. The sides looked great -- the seat not so much.

I liked the style and thought it looked good in the house . . . but it was an $800 piece of crap!

DH was determined that we replace the sofa before daughter and her family came for Christmas and wanted to visit Thrift shops to find a new sofa (which actually at the prices and the longevity of our sofas would be a good idea -- except often the upholstery doesn't quite fit).

Thursday we were in the city, he dropped me off and shopped and then I took the car and met a friend for lunch while he lunched with his buddies. When we met up with one another he said he had a sofa he wanted me to look at. I walked in and saw a blue green and red plaid sofa and though, "oh, no" but instead he led me to the back and there was a sofa that looked really good and was in a colorway that would look good in our living room. I was surprised.

Next to it was a classic shaped chair (because the chair I sit in was wearing where I put my legs and our dog tore a whole in the fabric on the back pillow but I thought I would just get it reupolstered because I DID like the chair)

We looked at it, talked about it and the next day he borrowed a truck and went up to the city and brought both pieces home.

the sofa, by Moussard, which I found out is a Texas furniture company whose product sells at Neiman Marcus and Horchows. Did find a similar sofa but it is no longer available but their sofas are $3K to $4K on the sites I found.

The chair -- by White and hardly looks like it's been used. I've not researched it's company but with the style and all, you can tell it is a quality chair.

And both pieces really fit in our living room:

We couldn't have done better had we PLANNED and ORDERED the furniture.

We had a couple of friends help us move these in and the old ones out on the curb. We left for dinner and when we came back they were gone! YEAH!

Oh, and the cost? Well, when we were there the first day, the sofa was $34.98 but we messed with the arm covers and I think we covered up the original price so when DH went back to get them there was a different price sticker on it that read $29.98 (I found the original price sticker of $34.98 when we set the sofa up in the living room -- oops -- DH just assumed that they marked it down because thrift stores sometimes do that. The chair was all of $19.98.

First of all, if it only lasts a year as our other one did -- it's a lot cheaper year of $30 than $800. But if the quality of a $3K or $4K sofa has as good a frame as it should have, we will be getting this one reupholstered when this one wears (which should be way longer than a year or two)

So we may finally have bought our last sofa!