Furniture Makers Dey Gbese As Customers Dey Choose Sofa Covers Pass Build New Ones

Di wahala wey dey for economy don hit furniture lovers, but e dey hit di furniture makers pass. Because di cost to make even small sofa or repair old one don high, plenty people dey prefer buy sofa covers, wey dey leave furniture makers dey groan for lack of patronage. Some people sef dey buy chair fabrics make tailors make di covers for dem instead of buying ready-made ones. Lukeman Ogedengbe, wey be furniture maker, talk say e dey hard for am to make even two sofas for one month. E talk, “People no dey repair damaged sofas again, talk of making new ones. Dem dey buy sofa covers. Na so e dey for everybody, not only me. Price of furniture high no be our fault. Na di cost of nails, wood, sofa clothes and leather wey don rise.” E add say to buy four-seater sofa wey get quality, e go cost between N600,000 to N800,000, while less quality sofas dey N300,000 to N500,000.

Mrs. Fatima Johnson talk say she shock when she see four-seater sofa dey go for N300,000, so she choose sofa cover. She talk, “My seven-seater sofa wey I don dey use for four years don bad. Carpenter tell me N900,000 to make new one, I vex. I reduce to four seats, e talk N300,000. I ask am to repair old one, e talk N250,000. I waka go online see women dey make sofa covers for their bad sofas. I buy materials, give tailor, spend only N40,000. My sitting room don fine pass before.” Mrs. Amen Victor sef talk say her four-seater sofa wey she make for N150,000 two years ago don spoil, wood don dey dislocate, leather dey peel. When she ask to buy new one, di price na N400,000, she try bargain N250,000 but e no gree. She buy sofa cover for N10,000 plus two plastic chairs under N50,000. She conclude, “Luxury sofa no be do-or-die affair.”