The New Jersey Model, one of our six designs providing excellent comfort and decorative appeal

This model combines the excellent practicality of our exposed-wood arms with some of the lighter, more shaped appearance of the Virginia model. The padded arm wraps, as shown at right, are optional. This design has a strong hint of the lines that are sometimes found in Mission, Craftsman or Shaker styles.

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The 94" length is shown here (becoming 98" with the optional padded arm wraps). This size (as well as many other sizes) is also available in all of our other models. This optional extra-long length is especially well suited for serving multiple purposes, including (1) as a room divider that separates spaces while allowing family members to remain in contact, (2) ample stretching-out or sleeping length, and (3) even allowing one member of a couple to lie on the sofa while the spouse or partner is sitting right next to the reclining person.

This fabric is a faux suede from Barrow Industries, and the wood finish is our Dark Amber Teak. Notice the light-dark contrast that is normal where different edges of a fabric with a "nap" come together at the sides.

Also notice the pleasing combination of just the right colors in this central location, bringing together complementary tones from separate spaces. With ordinary furniture, you would not have such a selection of fabric and wood colors to choose from, which allows this kind of satisfying result.

For this Oklahoma customer, being able to have just the right size was a crucial consideration. (Both of these are in our 64" length, with our Dark Walnut finish, arm pillows, and oak side panels in place of the normal fabric insert panels, which adds $70 to the price per piece of furniture). Oak side panels, combined with no padded arm rests, provide the most practical option for this model when cat's claws are a hazard in the household.

Obviously, having just the right fabric color was also important in this case, something that is no problem with our essentially unlimited fabric selection. The fabric shown, with a pleasing, soft texture, is one that our customer found on the Kravet website (and then requested a sample of, along with other samples.)

(Many thanks to our customer for taking and sending us this picture.)

The Boston customer who ordered this sofa wanted not only the right shade of red but also a fabric that was practical with cats; coming up with a suitable selection of swatches to send her, to satisfy her criteria, was only a normal challenge for our fabric specialist.

This customer also ordered the optional wood side panels because of their greater practicality with cats. Many customers with cats avoid the optional padded arm wraps, but others order them and just lift them off at times when they are in danger of being clawed.

A few days after receiving this, our customer wrote, "I LOVE my new sofa.   I'm finding it super comfortable to sit on, and love the look."

To see pictures of our other models that show similarities to Southwestern, Mission, Arts and Crafts, Craftsman, or Stickley styling, click here.

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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 usually 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.

Pricing of the New Jersey models: The New Jersey model is one of our most expensive designs, partly because it uses more solid oak than the other models, and partly because of all the skilled workmanship required to make the joints fit tightly and flush. Also, concern for permanence of the flushness dictates that we individually check the pieces of wood used in these sides for precise moisture content. (Even with that, we discourage placing this model in extremely dry or extremely humid climates, or with a side/arm located within three feet of a source of concentrated heat (baseboard heating is normally OK).

(Keep in mind that the overall lengths quoted would increase by 4" if you choose the optional padded arm wraps):
Base prices (10% discounts are available: see below):
Sofas: 76" - $3380; 85" - $3590; 94" - $3840. (The distance between the arms is only 4" less than the above measurements, if no arm padding is in place, or about 8" less with the arm padding.)
Loveseats: 52" long - $3035; 58" - $3140; 64" - $3270.
Chairs: 28" wide - $2320; 31" wide - $2390; 34" - $2490; 40" - $2690.
These prices include 10 to 15 base-priced fabrics, a fabric-covered back of the frame, either a padded arm top or a finished oak arm top, the 31" back height (measured floor to top, shown in almost all of the pictures above), the 33" frame depth, and any of our standard wood finishes. If you want both a finished wood arm top and the padded arm wrap on top of that, add $50.

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. When we send you samples, we will indicate pricing information for those. If you provide your own fabric, the price would be reduced by $40, $30, or $20 for a sofa, loveseat, or chair.
The 2"-higher back adds $2 per inch, a 4"-higher back adds $4 per inch, and a 6"-higher back adds. $6 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, with information about price effects of the various options, click here ).
An all-wood back adds $2 per inch of length. Note: If you want the added practicality of an all-wood back but don't like the additional cost, keep in mind that we offer a matching leather-imitation vinyl-covered back at no surcharge; the faux leathers these days are often hard to distinguish from real leather.
Toss pillows or arm pillows are $40 per pair, plus $0 - $20 or so for fabric.
Non-standard dimensions: 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. For a 30" frame depth, or entire frame higher or lower off the floor, click here.

We do not presently charge sales tax on orders shipped or delivered to points outside Virginia (although legislation is pending that could, at any time, require us to collect other states' sales taxes; and many states expect people to remit tax to the state in the amount that would be charged on an in-state purchase.)

Delivery in the D.C. beltway-Charlottesville-Richmond-Annapolis 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; for shipments outside the above areas, please call or e-mail for quote, indicating nature of potential order.

Discounts /completion times: Our standard completion time 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.
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*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.

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