We've lived here for more than a decade. We bought "real" upholstered new furniture, for the first time in our marriage, for this house. That couch and coordinating squashy arm chair, got my kids through high school and college, in this house with no separate space for recreation. If it happened, it happened in this one living room and dining room. I guess a decade or more IS a long time for soft squashy furniture even if it was from a good manufacturer.