Hi Scott,
I can't help you with a store as the only ones where we have seen any half decent sofas are in Imperial and Benitez stores which are, as you say, overpriced.
Of the more reasonably priced ones the styles and colours are more to the Spanish taste and the quality is poor .
The furniture sales in the UK have thrown up some real bargains this January and February. If only our property was finished!
Beautiful leather 3 seater plus 2 seater sofas £900 for both. Leather corner style settees between £900 and £1300, and the material covered sofas from about £300.
At £95 per cubic metre it would be worth buying in the UK and paying for it to be brought over by removal companies as a part load .
We are considering doing this after looking at the furniture packs and also in the stores mentioned above. Could you not do this? I'll bet the furniture stores, DFS etc., will have another sale this summer. The credit squeeze has meant that not much is selling at the moment.