New sofa- help me decide!

[Tollygunge]

At the point I need a new settee and can't decide. Am in love with the sunshine yellow Jonah from made.com, but not sure re quality and durability with small children? We actually rarely use our front room but still don't want it getting wrecked. Came across the fifty eight g plan by Wayne Hemingway and lusting after that in grey or teal, buts it's expensive!! Looks the business though. Have been meaning to buy one for three years now but am so indecisive! Will post links below....

www.haskinsfurniture.co.uk/g-plan-vintage-the-fifty-eight-large-sofa-soft-cover?gclid=CLnc9c3ZwMQCFQLMtAod9kEALA

www.made.com/jonah-3-seater-sofa-dandelion-yellow?s2m_channel=544&mkwid=ypRF2K9y&pcrid=66103141366&s2m_channel=544&s2m_campaign=Shopping%7C%7CSofas%7C%7CMed&s2m_exaffid=&_$ja=cgid:15058819126|tsid:54955|cid:389223406|lid:104306340046|nw:g|crid:66103141366|rnd:16381861181580637179|dvc:m|adp:1o2&gclid=CL-78f7ZwMQCFQTJtAodJSEAxA

PMSL at the yellow one; family members have originals of the fifties-style. They have lasted well with just reupholstering.

They love them but everyone else finds them incredibly uncomfortable.

same for the other one; don't even think of buying without sitting on it for an hour or so. Or trying to...

the backs are at the wrong angle and the seats are too narrow to be supportive.

Is it awful that I'm far more concerned about how they look than how they feel when sat on?!

your house your choice! Just a warning that they will be decorative rather than functional.

www.sofasworld.co.uk/p/Hockney_3_Seater_Sofa.htm

Same sort of thing, but suspiciously cheap!

www.tesco.com/direct/capri-large-sofa/142-0140.prd?skuId=330-1017

Vastly cheaper and looks a lot comfier.

I'm ogling this one at the moment if you want modern. It's gorgeous though rather huge!

Hmm, not too keen on leather but actually love that! We'd neverget it in our weird shaped room though.

That tesco one is really nice, very tempted, but wonder if it looks super cheap?

We bought two of the velvet 'Kensington' sofas from Tesco last year. They had a similar offer on (I think it was £100 off when you spend £400) so we bought one each to get the discount twice and also used CC points on a double up.

They look so much more expensive than they were.

Are they comfortable, primalLass? I wouldn't buy a sofa without sitting on it first. You woke me up to the fact tesco sells sofas! Do they only sell online? Or are there big tescos around? ( where I live there are only tiny ones )

They are comfy. They were a bit firm at first, but that's better than too soft.

We had our last sofas 13 years - also bought from the internet without seeing them first.

I think there are/were large Tesco Homestores.

I just googled..24 miles from me is a tesco home store. Well the sofas are very good looking and a good price. You got a good deal!

We did. I think with codes and points we paid about £500 for the two sofas.

Tolly, you can get in fabric I think. Habitat sofas. I can only afford ebay ones at a push!

I sat on this one from habitat and found it comfortable. However, I was searching on behalf of elderly parents who wanted a high back and quite a high height, so that they could get up easier, as they started having problems getting up out of sofas you sink into. I'd say it was a sit and read a book sofa, not a curl up, put your feet up with a glass of wine and read a book sofa.

Cross post. In that case, check out this ebay business which sells discontinued fabric or prototype sofas from Habitat, John Lewis, etc. There was a mustard colour Barbican sofa similar to the one you linked to on there last week I think, which didn't sell. You could always email to see if they still have it. Also, you can go to your local store and sit on the actual sofas to test them.

heyduggee thanks so much, that link looks great. Wonder where they're based?

That habitat one is lush too.

www.decur.co.uk/sofas/the-fifty-three-velvet-sofa-gold.html

duggee, that ebay seller is fantastic. Now added to fav sellers!

Tolly, why not leather?

Leathers a bit cold and our house is quite dark so hankering after something quite bright

vikkiroberts why have you shown me that?! It's beautiful, but the price!!! Working out whether to cancel my hols this year to buy that baby!

www.decur.co.uk/sofas/the-tomas-linen-sofa-teal.html