Nebraska Furniture Mart blows goats

[Kung Wu]

This Is kind of on this subject. Where would locals in Wichita suggest shopping for furniture. We bought new black/grey furniture (couch, loveseat, recliner) for our living room when we built our house in 2002. I think we got it at Furniture Row, but my memory is old, so I'm not 100%sure. Anyway, we've been very happy with all of it. The couch and loveseat are still in great condition, but the recliner is finally about to reach the end of it's life cycle. Where is the best place here in ICT to go shop for a new recliner, and possibly a new living room set?

Depends on budget:

Lowest budget, worst quality: Slumberland
Middle budget, mid quality: Ashleys
Higher budget, better quality: Haverty/Hortons
Premium budget, best quality: Traditions, Mr. Diggs

Bang for buck , Ashleys/Haverty/Hortons are the places we hunt, usually.

[WstateU]

Depends on budget:

Lowest budget, worst quality: Slumberland
Middle budget, mid quality: Ashleys
Higher budget, better quality: Haverty/Hortons
Premium budget, best quality: Traditions, Mr. Diggs

Bang for buck , Ashleys/Haverty/Hortons are the places we hunt, usually.

Gotta add EA; you can't wear that $hit out.

[Kung Wu]

Gotta add EA; you can't wear that $hit out.

I was denied membership to the East-side Club, except for Shocker games. @SHOCKvalue: said he would vouch for me, but I think he was just paying lip service.

[SHOCKvalue]

I was denied membership to the East-side Club, except for Shocker games. @SHOCKvalue: said he would vouch for me, but I think he was just paying lip service.

LOL! No $5K custom EA couches over here at my digs.

You see a difference between Slumberland and Ashley stuff? Maybe I'm not enough furniture connoisseur, but I have some home office stuff from Ashley, and it seems like the lowest price point before total crap enters the equation.

[Kung Wu]

You see a difference between Slumberland and Ashley stuff?

Yes, on the west side there is a pretty big gap between Slumberland and Ashley.

It kind of goes like this over here:

Slumberland -- 100% of "leather" couches are actually pseudo-leather (I don't believe this is true, I'm just making a comparison)
Ashley -- 95% couches are mostly leather, but their backs are all pseudo-leather (not kidding, that's actually true at this store)
Haverty -- 50%+ of the couches are all leather, but the other 50% have pseudo-leather backs, gotta ask to find out (mostly true)
EA/Mr Diggs/Traditions -- 100% of the couches that claim to be leather are actually ... all leather

[wusphlash]

Leather seems awfully cold when laying naked.

Excuse my bad grammar. That would be lying naked.

[ShockdaWorld]

I have a 9 month puppy and an 8 year old daughter that both spend time on the furniture. I'm really not looking for leather.

[shock]

Leather seems awfully cold when laying naked.

Excuse my bad grammar. That would be lying naked.

I have a 100% orange suede couch. Its cold when naked, and sticks to your butt when you're sweaty and neked.

[WstateU]

Leather seems awfully cold when laying naked. Excuse my bad grammar. That would be lying naked.

I'm really not looking for leather.

I have a 100% orange suede couch. Its cold when naked, and sticks to your butt when you're sweaty and neked.

Insert Oprah joke here...

Oprah Wifrey goes to her therapist to talk out her excitment about Obama getting elected. When she gets in his office, he tells her the first thing she needs to do is to strip down naked. Trusting her long time therapist, she does as she is told.
The therapist then tells her to get down on all fours and crawl in front of the window. Still trusting him, she does as she is told. He then tells her to crawl next to the bookshelf. Now Oprah is getting mad and she asks, "What the hell does this have to do with my therapy?"

The therapist says, "Absolutley nothing! I'm buying a new leather couch and I wanted to see where I should put it."

[WuDrWu]

Way way TMI.

[KC Shox]

I live 10 minutes from the NFM in KC. Lewis and Clark would get lost in that place. Zero interest in going to that place. A voyage to Mars and back would be quicker and less stressful...

I won't go there because they caused Benchmark Furniture in Olathe to close back in the day.

[Shocker-maniac]

This Is kind of on this subject. Where would locals in Wichita suggest shopping for furniture. We bought new black/grey furniture (couch, loveseat, recliner) for our living room when we built our house in 2002. I think we got it at Furniture Row, but my memory is old, so I'm not 100%sure. Anyway, we've been very happy with all of it. The couch and loveseat are still in great condition, but the recliner is finally about to reach the end of it's life cycle. Where is the best place here in ICT to go shop for a new recliner, and possibly a new living room set?

I like Razooks. Local ownership.

[wu_shizzle]

If you want a good deal, wait for a Dillard's clearance sale.

[Kung Wu]

I'm home, several thousand dollars poorer. NFM sucks. And my wife better tonight, too. We stayed in the main building, looking at sofas, love seats and chairs. We bought matching sofa, love seat and recliner, bought two overstuffed chairs and a couple end tables. I don't know if the overall size of NFM is bigger in Omaha, KC, Des Moines or Dallas, but I do know they are all too freaking big. And they suck.

At least you weren't stuck in a 1940's cabin that hasn't been updated since ... oh ... the 1940's, at a family reunion in some desolate state park in Oklahoma with zombie wasps and no Internet, TV, or cell coverage. At one point I think I might have paid a couple thousand to be helicoptered out of there.

[MoValley John]

At least you weren't stuck in a 1940's cabin that hasn't been updated since ... oh ... the 1940's, at a family reunion in some desolate state park in Oklahoma with zombie wasps and no Internet, TV, or cell coverage. At one point I think I might have paid a couple thousand to be helicoptered out of there.

I was praying for you, really, I was praying hard! That said, there is nothing worse than a pushy salesperson bugging you every three minutes about how nice that recliner is, or telling me how much I needed that sectional.

The only time anyone left me alone was when I broke the vase. ****, I was scared I was gonna have to pay for it! Instead, the sales people scattered! Nobody wanted to be bothered with addressing the mess. I picked up the big pieces and put them on a coffee table, they were still there, three hours later.

I should have kept breaking ****, maybe everybody would have left me alone.