I have purchased from one of these firms.  You might look at the products on Houzz and the manufacturers Too many sofas are filled with just foam. Over the years they break down and you fell like you are sitting on the floor. View what's inside the piece. And learn about what is inside a great sofa. Check out www.brightchair.com Great sections on the sofas and the different insides. Also Haverty has the same information.

C&B and R&B both contract with different Vendors to produce their furniture. R&B is and alwasy has been transparent who manufactures for them. This particular sofa looks to be made by Precedent. C&B isn't quite so transparent on their website. If you go to a store and ask an associate they'll likely tell you who manufactures the Notch for them. C&B used to contract a lot with McCreary Modern and Lee Industries. These days, I'm not sure. McCreary also private-labels for R&B. What I getting at is you'll be better off finding out who makes these sofas and going from there. If you search Precedent on this site, you'll be able to find some threads regarding quality.

Learn about the anatomy of a sofa and then ask in the store who makes them and how they are made. ie do they have hand tied coil springs, pocket springs, sinuous springs, no springs etc. You could avoid the catalog store "middle man" by going to a furniture store who sells sofas made by one of the reputable makers ie look for a store that sells Lee, Stickley etc

Hi Meagan T - I’m wondering if you decided on a sofa and if so who you went through?

C&B has recently opened their own upholstery factory in NC, so not everything is manufactured by other companies. They wanted to better control the timeline.