Calia Italia www.caliaitalia.com Review

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nmilton's Review of Calia Italia www.caliaitalia.com

25th Apr 2009

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
Good Points

Built to last with quality non-coated natural leathers.


Bad Points

Heavy and difficult to move to redecorate.


General Comments

Around 4 years ago, we purchased a Calia Italia sofa and 2 arm chairs with black, natural tanned, non-coated leather which we believed would retain it's natural appearance, touch and texture better than coated leathers. We follow the same strategy with our shoes, selecting natural leathers to ensure perfect breathability, and concluded the same philosophy was best with the furniture.

It took a long time to find a manufacturer who offered quality natural uncoated leather rather than the normal coated leathers offered by ther majority of manufacturers. We thought that natural leather would allow the leather to stretch and break in a natural way without the manmade coatings splitting, and allow the furniture to be sat upon without the manmade polyurethane coatings rubbing off as happened to our previous sofa.

We have since moved houses and the furniture was put into store for four months, with the sofa standing on its end in the storage crate. The sofa is incredibly heavy and was dropped by the removal company when delivered to our new home.

We are very happy with our investment. The leather has retained all of it's original appearance, the break lines are natural, the surface texture as new, the cushions stretched an natural. The sofa is totally unscaved from it's harsh life. As things stand, it is unlikely that we shall need to change our sofa and chairs for at least another 5 years, and hopefully not in our lifetime. The foams are confortable, and as new. The straps are showing no signs of collapsing.

A great product.

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