Why do Sofas and Chairs have Different Price Points?

The reason your sofa is expensive is the quality of the materials. The tailor-made components you choose give you the luxury, support, and style you want. For example, the fabric you pick affects the price. Silk fabric is more expensive than a man-made fabric such as polyester. This post will focus on textiles and detailing, which add style to the look of your upholstered furniture but affect the price.

The suspension material affects the price point too. Eight-way, hand-tied seats are comfortable and responsive, while furniture with sinuous springs is slightly softer. Webbing suspension keeps the cost of seats low and gives chairs less support. But webbing suspensions will sag sooner. So buyers beware.

The frame and construction affect the price too. For sofas and chairs that can hold up to years of daily use, focus on pieces that feature kiln-dried hardwood frames. Ones with reinforced corner blocked joints will be the absolute sturdiest. The cost of the sofa due to frame construction, frame materials and suspension materials is discussed in more detail in another post. Go to https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/why-does-your-sofas-construction-matter to find out more.

Good, Better, Best Upholstered Furniture Categories

As alluded to earlier, the quality or rarity of the textile also affects the price. Fabric is available at $2 per yard or $200 per yard. Fine leathers can cost even more. And a good sofa with a quality frame and springs can start at around $4000 retail.

Man-made materials are less expensive, so if the fabric is polyester, it will cost less. A better sofa with higher quality fabric can start around $4500 or more.

Furthermore, the best sofas will have high-quality leather or 100% natural fabrics such as wool or silk. They will also have extra detailing added, like nail heads. The best sofa will cost $6000 or more. The good news is that Lynteriors provides discounts of up to 30%. So you do not pay the retail price.

Example of Good Upholstered Furniture

Contemporary Love Seat

A contemporary love seat has simple, clean lines like the one above. Smooth, clean, and unadorned furniture materials in solid hues always work best in contemporary-style homes. Solid neutral colours such as white or off-white are examples. The love seat upholstery in this family room above is in an off-white polyester.

Since the loveseat is clean-lined without detailing and upholstered in polyester fabric, it is more reasonably priced. It is an example of a good loveseat with a high-quality solid wood engineered frame but a lower-grade upholstery. It looks beautiful like linen but is not as costly. 

Better and Best Upholstered Furniture

Refined Styling

The added details on your upholstered furniture affect the price too. For example, the dining chair above has nailhead detailing. The extra detailing gives it refined styling but means this chair costs extra. So this was one of the manufacturer’s most expensive dining chairs.

The fabric was polyester. So the lower grade fabric kept the cost down. This dining chair is considered a better-upholstered furniture piece. If the chair had a 100% linen fabric and the nail heads, it would fall into the category of the best-upholstered furniture.
The dining chair is by Canadel, a Quebec manufacturer. Canadel uses high-quality frames and springs too. To find out more about high quality frames and springs go to https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/why-does-your-sofas-construction-matter.