What do you think of this Ashley nightstand and other stuff

[LadySusan]

I found these Ashley nightstands at my local furniture consignment store for $195 each.  Current price on website is $340.  They seem to be in decent shape.  Is Ashley a good brand that will last or should I keep looking?  I'm hoping these would be our main dressers so the drawers would get daily use.  I currently have rather masculine charcoal bedding but every time I see crisp, classic blue and white bedding I'm tempted.  Please note that all pictures are from the internet.





I also kind of want to buy this amazing 1970's couch but I'm pretty certain that my 1960's ranch too cottage/cutesy.  The focal point of the room is a four-banger french sliding door.  But wouldn't it be groovy and kid friendly and amazing in the right space?  I think it was only $700 although it may have been $700 per section.  It was the shinier, less chic, faux-leather knock-off of this:



There was also a mocha Costco-looking C-shape sectional (but three units wide rather than the four shown in the pic) for $1300.  It's not exciting but probably practical.  Where you you put the end tables?  Do you leave the ottoman in the middle like a giant three-sided boat or what?  Do the individual pieces migrate around the room when the kids bounce on them?




As always, thanks for looking!  It's nice to have people who aren't sick of talking about furniture and decor to talk to.

[Deleted]

Another vote to skip the nightstands. They are cute but that's a lot. I'd snap them if it was $195 for the pair though.

Ashley is fine, just really really hit or miss. Some of it is great quality and some of it pure crap. I have an Ashley desk that takes a daily beating and it still looks brand new 10 years later. My kitchen table also the same age has the finish coming off, I've broken more bars on the bottom of the chairs than I care to admit, the wood dents easily. It's cute but I hate it. I inherited a headboard (currently in my basement waiting for DS) that was my Grandma's from the early 80s and it's still solid.

I'm no help on the sofas. Neither of them do much of anything for me...sorry.

[pumpkin]

I would pass on the nightstands for that price, but would consider picking them up for that price for the pair.

As for the sofas, my preference would be the 2nd one, but that's just more my style; though I have no real ideas about arranging it

[h]

I would definitely pass on the night stands. I think you can get better quality for that price. Our bedroom furniture is Ashley, and we have two night stands with drawers. The quality is pretty bad, and two of DH's drawers are broken (he uses his drawers daily; I don't).

[magdala]

With any bureaus or nightstands, pull out the drawer and flip it over. Look at how they are joined and note how easy (or hard) it is too pull out. If it is just glue, skip it. The good ones have something in addition to glue. The best ones have real dovetailing.

I am not a fan of the 1970s couch.

We have a L sectional with an ottoman. The end tables are at each end of the L. Our 9 month old pushed the ottoman around at will. She is not climbing on it (yet) but giver her time.

[auntie]

Ashley is pretty low end furniture albeit with some nice designs. I wouldn't pay more than $100 for both if they were pristine.

The 1970's couch is NMS; I think it's a kind of futon. It was a staple in the finished basements of my youth. At least bodily fluid come off with a wipe.

[LadySusan]

Apr 18, 2015 16:42:32 GMT -5 auntie said:

Ashley is pretty low end furniture albeit with some nice designs. I wouldn't pay more than $100 for both if they were pristine.

The 1970's couch is NMS; I think it's a kind of futon. It was a staple in the finished basements of my youth. At least bodily fluid come off with a wipe.

Ha!  But also, Eeeeew!

[heygrey]

ashley is one of those companies that is always running sales so the "retail price" makes it seem like the are higher end than, say, Target, but they are in no way high end, high quality furniture. rare exceptions made for some pieces, as @justdairy pointed out.

no to that 70's couch. lol. sorry.

i'm not a huge fan of the giant sectional, but i can see it's function in a large, informal room. i would place one ottoman on an end and have the other floating in the middle. i would skip end tables and opt for a sofa table behind the whole thing. if you are putting it against a wall, you can just stain a board and install that on the wall with brackets to get the same effect. gives you someplace to set a lamp and your drink.