Originally Posted by Tink

It's funny to see you all mentioning Ashley furniture. Long ago hubby and I both worked there, as their original factory is less than 20 miles from us. Right now hubby hauls their furniture to stores in Kansas City and Michigan. With Ashley furniture factories in 3 small towns in our area, they also have stores and an odds and ends outlet where we can buy the pieces at reduced prices. They are by far the largest employer in our area.

We have several pieces and will most likely buy more in the future. The living room set I want is from there and in the showroom is paired up with the slate topped table set. The set is brown leather that looks soft and weathered.

Originally Posted by Mandy

I like marble, glass, and hardwood, with natural colors, with a touch of warmth, for example, one wall painted a plum color, the rest of the walls a sand. With lamps shades to match the darker wall.

Originally Posted by Tink

It's funny to see you all mentioning Ashley furniture. Long ago hubby and I both worked there, as their original factory is less than 20 miles from us. Right now hubby hauls their furniture to stores in Kansas City and Michigan. With Ashley furniture factories in 3 small towns in our area, they also have stores and an odds and ends outlet where we can buy the pieces at reduced prices. They are by far the largest employer in our area.

We have several pieces and will most likely buy more in the future. The living room set I want is from there and in the showroom is paired up with the slate topped table set. The set is brown leather that looks soft and weathered.

Originally Posted by Tink

They call their faux suede "Durapella". They claim it's highly scrubbable and they've been able to clean most anything from it with very little effort. So I wouldn't worry about the fabric even with kids.

I had a leather couch from Ashley that was totally abused by teens and it held up very well. It was a dog chewing the cushions apart that finally did it in. I also had a large overstuffed chair that I was very satisfied with.

Originally Posted by Chandra Amaya

Thank you so much Tink. I know Ashley has very reasonable prices but anything we get makes our budget very tight. So we have to think about any purchase carefully before we do it & everything must last. I guess I will start saving for our new sofa & checking out the price at our Ashley homestore :D

Originally Posted by AngieDoogles

I didn't even know we had one here until I looked it up after reading this thread yesterday! Crazy! We're buying a few new pieces for the townhouse so Brendon and I will definitely have to go by there.

Originally Posted by Forgivenmom5

You didn't listen very well when you brought Don to see me at work--He was saying he had been to see the store and I was telling him the warehouse was right down the road from work

Originally Posted by Chandra Amaya

There is one in my town & yours :)

Originally Posted by AngieDoogles

Oh cool. I definitely want to go sometime! :)

Originally Posted by Chandra Amaya

me too. We will have to get together on schedules.