Daughter is really putting down roots in Tacoma and has purchased a condo. It is quite a bit bigger than than her apartment.
Daughter has enlisted numerous friends to help with the move. She has a dear friend who is an engineer of some sort and who has been through the house buying and refurnishing process and who has taken her in hand regarding buying new furniture.
Daughter needs a new sofa. Friend insisted that the sofa must have a frame made from wood from a certain place in North Carolina for strength and longevity, along with many other caveats for structural stability. The two young women spent the day in Seattle yesterday sitting on sofas. Daughter texted me that she found one she loved at Crate and Barrel and was deciding on fabric swatches. I do hope the internal structure met the engineer’s specifications!
I think I like the advice another friend gave daughter regarding buying furniture: “buy once, cry once”, meaning buy the best you can afford so it lasts longer.
Any furniture buying stories? How do your tastes in furniture style run?
Trail Baboon 
We spent almost 40 years in Taiwan, and brought no furniture to Michigan with us when we retired, 8 years ago. I am pecunious by nature, so was content to “live with” whatever we might pick up by thrifting. My bride insisted (wisely, it turned out) that we buy a complete bedroom suite, a good mattress, and a brand new couch. I had to turn off my “cost meter” for a while, but now, these several years later, I have to admit that she was right. The rest of the place is furnished with things from her elderly parents’ downsize operation and thrifted items of which she approved. A few other new things came in at a pace that didn’t make me think we were going broke.
When shopping together, I turn off the “cheap-out” function of my psyche, and rely on here taste.
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At this stage of our life any furniture we buy, no matter where it comes from, has a lifetime guarantee.
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With few exceptions, when we have changed furniture, it wasn’t because the old furniture failed or was worn out but rather because we moved and the old furniture was unsuitable to the new house, either because of size or style. All that business about a frame from a particular NC manufacturer sounds like typical engineer talk that overlooks the realities of life changes.
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