We were in the market for a sofa and looked around at a lot of options. IKEA, World Market, West Elm and Crate & Barrel. We ended up purchasing the larger Peggy sofa in custom grey microsuede fabric. It was around $1,200, took forever (2+ months) to get here but it was beautiful when it finally arrived. Now we have a disaster on our hands. The buttons started popping off a few weeks in and I was annoyed. Having a newborn baby, being sleep deprived and very hormonal I stayed calm and chose my battles. I figured ok it's just those buttons and maybe they weren't threaded all that well. So I took the cushions to a local upholstery shop and got it fixed for $50 out of my pocket. Then more buttons started popping off and I went back to get more fixed. Finally I was at my wits end and asked my husband to call the Cherry Creek store where we originally ordered this sofa so I wouldn't kill anyone. Being just as sleep deprived and scared of me, he called. The woman told him we could return it for a full refund. Great! That will resolve our issue and I can buy a sofa from somewhere else, I thought. Well we continued having button issues, close to 15 popped off this time and it looked awful. The fabric is slacking because the tufting is gone and it looks like complete crap. Thanksgiving and Christmas arrive and I'm honestly embarrassed to have guests sit on the thing but we carry on. Now I call the store to arrange for it to be picked up after the holidays because I just can't any longer and am told by the manager that we can't return it now because it's been over 9 months and that's their new cut off time. It had been just over 9 months since the order if you count the 2 months it took to arrive. At this point I'm irate due to the fact that I tried to fix the buttons with my own money (twice now) and gave West Elm the benefit of the doubt plus I needed a sofa so guests had a place to sit for the holidays. I was horrified at the suggestion that was made next, they could send me a DIY kit and my husband and I could put on all 15 new buttons in our spare time. Seeing as this was the only option given to me and I was told whomever promised us a return over the phone was just plain wrong, I told the manager fine but this is really poor customer service and I could not believe in all my years of shopping with this company, we had a DIY project on our hands. When I asked how long it would take to get buttons she wasn't sure but would call me right back. My husband calls the next day about the buttons because we did not receive a return call about how long that would take. Shocking I know. We were told that they had not created a skew # for our custom grey fabric so no buttons would be sent until that happens. I loose my mind. Stare in horror at the couch week by week and then cover it up with pillows (some from West Elm). Two months later, a package shows up with buttons and what amounts to a ridiculous threading system to replace them via a chopstick-like gadget with pictures illustrating the steps. You have got to be kidding, I think. No, no they aren't. I am at a loss. We spent hard earned money on a couch that is touted as hand crafted and we've had nothing but headaches and then we were given a truly comical resolution. The worst part is I know we're not the only ones in this boat. To have created a detailed training guide with colored pictures on how to repair your sofa means you've probably received hundreds, if not thousands, of calls, emails and visits about this awfully made Peggy sofa. You have to do better, West Elm. I will never shop here again. Your reputation has been tarnished. Although that World Market sofa was made in China for 1/3 of the price, I guarantee it would have held up better.
An update to this, we received new cushions over the summer- not from the Cherry Creek store but from the online catalog group in California once I escalated things and got one of the managers of the catalog group (total hold and phone time was around 6 hrs over several weekends by then). Once the seat cushions arrived, they were the wrong color of gray, about 1 shade off- a different dye lot- and the buttons began popping off again. I am happy with their service at the online catalog group however my frustrations with the couch remain. It's currently sitting in the basement and it's unusable. Shoutout to the catalog peeps for trying to make it right. The product is truly the problem. So three stars is for the effort because they really did try.
Final update, the Peggy sofa is no longer available as of 2/21. Sweet sweet victory. We were loud enough and it worked. Don't be afraid to fight for what matters. Truly. Couches matter. read more