The Best Family Couch - Why This Designer Loves My Custom Furniture

We often hear the excuse from families with younger kids that they don’t want expensive furniture because it will only be ruined by their children. They therefore only want cheap, throwaway furniture, until the kids get a little older. What they don’t know is that this is the exact opposite of what they should do! Let’s dive more into investing in quality furniture.

What is Value Engineering?

As the old adage says, “you get what you pay for.” Cheaper products go through a process called value engineering in order to produce a beautiful-looking result for as little cost to the manufacturer as possible. This means corners are cut, and will result in pieces of furniture that fall apart and need to be thrown away after a year or two. So, a family buys a new sofa every two years, just waiting for the day their kids grow up and they won’t have to keep replacing items.

Custom Does Not Mean Expensive

What these families don’t know is that they could have spent slightly more on a higher-end piece of furniture and it’d still be going strong after 10 years.

For example, imagine you bought a new, cheap $500 sofa every two years. After ten years you would have spent $2,500.
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Now imagine you invested in a higher quality piece that would have lasted that same ten years. You could have bought that piece for around $1,500, saving you $1,000 in the long run.

Furniture Tailored to Your Needs

This is why our focus in on higher-end, custom pieces of furniture that will last. Fabrics will be based on end-use, such as whether your children are younger or older, how many pets you have, and how often that specific piece of furniture will be used. These pieces of furniture are also typically easier to clean and take care of.

I’m going to use myself as an example. I spent $1,300 on my couch almost ten years ago. I have three incredibly rambunctious boys that are constantly, and I mean constantly, jumping on this couch and building forts with the cushions. This couch looks almost the exact same all this time later. That is what investing in quality furniture from the outset will do for you.

Also, by going custom you are creating a truly unique-to-you piece for your room. You can choose from thousands of fabrics, and by utilizing an interior designer, you can whittle down the options to a select few that will be perfect for your space.

The Best Family Couch

So what’s the best family couch? One that lasts and is made just for you and your lifestyle. I highly recommend investing in a custom piece today.
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