People tend to underestimate the peril of buying furniture. Imagine entering a showroom with only one sofa on your mind, and five years from now until the dog takes over the armrest and red wine is spilled on top. It is worth bringing those pieces back home after they have passed that mental examination. Over the course of seven decades, Raymour & Flanigan has been developing a catalog that revolves around this extended perspective rather than the photo-shoot equivalent of residing in . My thoughts remain steadfast: A significant number of individuals purchase furniture in the same manner as they buy clothes, and anticipate it to behave like architecture. Raymour & Flanigan sits in a useful middle, neither flat-pack disposable nor custom-shop precious, which is where a lot of real households actually live.