Three thousand on a new sofa is less than what you'd pay at Pottery Barn or Room & Board, so, yes. You'd have to spend AT LEAST $3000 for a quality sofa, probably more like $5000 to $7000+ if you're picking your own fabric and you want it to last more than 5 years.

Century is going to be very expensive. Lee is good quality, but still reasonably priced.

We ordered our Taylor King sectional through Lexington Furniture in Kentucky. We used a lower priced fabric and it’s a simple two piece. Two seats and a corner in one piece- two seats on the other. We paid about $4k for it, which I thought was more than fair. We’ve only had it for a year and a half, so can’t speak to longevity. But so far, no complaints.

Thank you all so very much! Great input and I guess I've reached the age where its sticker shock all around:) I'm not sure if the particular area of the country comes into play with regard to prices or not - I live in the Atlanta area and we generally have very good small design stores with reasonable prices. Its just been a while:) I really appreciate the input on the particular manufacturers! I'm going to look for a design shop that carries Taylor King and Century I think.

If you like the frame style of your current Sherill sofa, I would have it reupholstered. I agree with others on brand recommendations.

Re define "reasonable" or recover yours. Few things are the quality of 15 years ago. Sad and true

I sell a lot of Lee and highly recommend, and I agree with everyone else here, if you want to purchase a sofa that will last, you'll be close to $3,000