Our Virginia model, continued: Southwestern, Country or Scandinavian Sofa Styling with Lifetime Construction

Country charm and coziness, without the bulk and excessive softness of typical furniture found in stores. Shown here: Our smallest standard loveseat size (52" at the outsides of the legs, increasing to 59" at the outsides of the armtops only on this model). This size is compact but still fine for two. Also shown are our puffy cushion option and a pair of matching toss pillows. The wood has our Dark Russet finish, and the fabric is a heavy-duty one from Charlotte Fabrics, which has a very good website referred to in the fabric section of this website.

Light, comfortable, and cheerful, ideal to brighten even a cold, dark, New England winter day. (This picture was taken upon delivery to one of our Boston-area customers). The object in the right foreground is the arm of a matching loveseat.

Our blonde wood finish is shown; as has been the case on other occasions, this made a good match with the blonde tables and other furniture our customer already had in the room. This sofa was made with the 33" height, in the 92" length (85" base measurement, 81" between the arms).

Shown at left: 47"-wide chair, the widest of our four standard chair sizes, with the medium russet finish.

The fabrics in the pictures just above and to the left are from Kravet Fabrics. A Boston-area customer found the one at the left at a local store. The customer whose set is shown above found that fabric, part of the Laura Ashley line, on Kravet's web site, one of several to which readers are referred in the fabric section of our web site. (As always, she requested and received a number of swatches before making her selection; there is no charge for samples if you request them from us, and if you return them within three weeks).

Shown at right: 71" large loveseat with the medium fruitwood finish. If you want ample seating space for two (or snug seating for three) but don't want something that takes up a lot of space, this is a good size. Since it has 60" of cushion length, with arms that are good for placing a pillow and your head on, it can also serve as a place for a short person to stretch out. Our 59" size (12" shorter than the one above) is 48" between the arms, which is very adequate for two people; but if you also have toss pillows at the arms with that size, two grown occupants sitting on it would have very little space between them. A 65" in-between size is another one of our standard lengths.

A very good selection of fabrics is available directly from us, but there are also some fabrics on the market that you can only find if you search elsewhere. The one shown at right (and below), in a Northern Virginia household, came from the Calico Corners chain of fabric stores, and is part of their "Brandywine Express" line.

Notice that a mottled effect is normal after certain fabrics are put into use, including brushed cottons, chenilles, and velvet-type fabrics (including corduroys).

Also notice that minor wrinkling at the seams is normal on these arm covers; they are made to be relatively easy to remove and replace, which limits how tightly they can be applied. (They are secured at the bottoms with velcro and foam wedges.) Wrinkles are more conspicuous with plain fabrics than with most patterned fabrics, but the ability of a particular fabric to mold to contours also has a lot to do with it.

The fabric-covered back is our standard back. The all-wood back is not normally recommended for the Virginia model.

At right: Our longest standard size sofa, with the 94" base length (101" at the outsides of these armtops), and 90" between the arms. Again, with this model, see how you can have a great deal of space in which to sit and/or stretch out without adding bulky appearance to your room. And, since it arrives in the form of flat components (as our other models do also), there's no problem getting even a big, long sofa into your room.

Also notice how the simple, graceful lines of this sofa blend well with furnishings inspired by Mission, Arts & Crafts, Shaker or Southwestern styles. And see how a brightly colorful and/or luxurious cover on one of our sofas can enhance and add a welcoming warmth to a room's decor. Such an effect is made possible by our huge fabric selection, offering a much wider range of individual expression than is available with most furniture. (The fabric shown is a velvet from Kravet, and the wood finish is our dark russet.)

Our upstate New York customer, who kindly took this picture and sent it to us, expressed pleasure with our matching of the pattern and wrote, "The sofa looks great and is very comfortable." We have to agree.

If the chair at the right rear looks unusually small, that's not an optical illusion. The lady of this Indiana household was very short, and the chair was made specially for her dimensions (a different-depth seat is difficult to make on this model and on our California and Maryland models, and is available only on orders totalling over $5000 on those models). In addition to the chairs and the 83" sofa, also shown are a 24" x 48" coffee table, an 18" x 24" end table, and a 24"-square ottoman, all with the dark amber teak finish and a fabric (from Fabricut) that the customer found locally.

Notice how our huge fabric selection allows you to beautifully coordinate your furniture with almost any artwork or other important element in your decor. The wood finish shown is our light fruitwood. Our Rhode Island customer reported, when sending this picture of her sofa a year after receiving it, "Our sofa is doing great! We absolutely love it, and it is a beautiful addition to our home."

At right: A Missouri farmhouse with two of our Virginia sofas, with our Light Amber finish, again showing how well this model fits in with a country decor.

Shown at right: close-up of a Virginia model side with the dark russet finish. This finish is intended to resemble dark cherry or mahogany in color, and hence might be thought of as a color to be used generally in more formal settings. But it is also a warm, saturated color that nicely frames even a very contemporary, casual fabric.

The arms on the Virginia model do not have a finished hardwood arm top below the cover. But these are nevertheless much more practical than the arms of normal sofas and sectionals, since the arm covers, like the cushion covers, are fairly easy and inexpensive to replace.

Note that the distance between the arms on these models is always 11" less than the lengths quoted below.

Q: Why should we pay more for this than for normal furniture?
A: These products will usually be less expensive than ordinary furniture in the long run, especially if they are given heavy use, because they don't wear out like typical furniture. With solid oak at locations where ordinary sofas typically wear out first, and with our wide selection of heavy-duty fabrics, our furniture will usually look good long after ordinary furniture has become shabby. When our furniture eventually needs new covers or cushions, replacing them is relatively easy and inexpensive. Also, the very extensive customization and hand craftsmanship that goes into this furniture simply can't be available at discount store prices. For more details on this subject and on the costs of our small-scale custom manufacturing, click here.

Matching of patterns: You can be assured of excellent matching of patterns vertically (such as stripes going front-to-back on the seat, which would be matched with the corresponding vertical stripes on the back cushions). Likewise with matching of stripes horizontally on cushions and on outsides of arms. But, because of the way we sew the covers for the arms of this model (and our Custom 05 model), horizontal matching at the inside seams at both ends of the arms is something that we cannot guarantee. Therefore we strongly discourage ordering of plaids or other fabrics requiring horizontal matching on these specific models.

Pricing of the Virginia models: When reading these prices, please keep in mind the major long-term savings that result from owning this furniture, and also note that our Custom 05 (fully-upholstered) model and our Florida (exposed-wood) model are considerably less expensive than this model. The Florida, California, New Jersey and Maryland models are even more practical than this model, because of the wood arm top options that are available on those.
Base prices: (10% discounts are available: See below) Sofas: 83" - $2780; 92" - $2990; 101" - $3230. Loveseats: 59" long - $2415; 65" - $2540; 71" - $2670. Chairs: 35" wide - $1720; 38" wide - $1790; 41" - $1890; 47" - $2090. These prices include 10 to 15 base-priced fabrics, a fabric-covered back, the 31" back height (measured floor to top, shown in all pictures above), and any of our standard wood finishes. There is a huge selection of high-quality fabrics available within $175 above the base price for a sofa, or within $125 above the base price for a loveseat. The 33" height adds $2 per inch of base length, and a 35" height adds $4 per inch. A webbing suspension, for softer support, adds $1 per inch. (For detailed information about our standard and optional heights, cushion types (including "puffy"), firmnesses, seating dimensions and frame depths, click here ) Toss pillows or arm pillows are $40 per pair, plus $0 - $20 or so for fabric. An all-wood back adds $2 per inch of length (if your fabric is thick, this option has an appearance problem). If you provide your own fabric, the price would be reduced by $40, $30, or $20 for a sofa, loveseat, or chair. Delivery in the D.C. beltway-Charlottesville-Richmond area would add $65 to $110, packing and shipping to the U.S. west coast would add 18% of the base price, and delivery or shipping to other locations in the contiguous 48 U.S. states and southeastern Canada would be somewhere in between depending on distance from north-central Virginia. We do not presently charge sales tax on orders shipped via common carrier to points outside Virginia (although legislation is pending that could, at any time, require us to collect other states' sales taxes). Special lengths: Add $90 to the price of the next longer length, or (for extra-long) add $350 plus $16 per inch to the longest standard size.

Discounts /completion times: Our standard completion time, for orders at the list price, is five to six weeks.* If you can wait as much as six months, we deduct 10% off the base price of the furniture. But, to repeat, our standard completion time is five to six weeks. Since our sales levels fluctuate considerably and unpredictably, we offer discounts to customers who don't expect their furniture soon. This provides a backlog of orders to keep our people working during lulls in sales levels; and it allows easier handling of the full-price orders when we have a surge of them.

*Our "normal" completion time is subject to change if we receive a surge of orders, which can happen at any time (but we would make that clear when an order is placed); this tends to happen especially in the last months of the year. If you can plan farther in advance of when you really need the furniture, it's better.

To see the page describing our next design, the Maryland model, click here. To see information about fabrics that are available on this furniture, click here.

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