two queries

[cellio]

Dear Lazyweb,

1. Where, in Pittsburgh, am I likely to find a decent variety of recliners for sale? Much to my frustration it is more expensive to reupholster our current ones than buy new ones. Last time we looked we found an over-abundance of short, wide, voluminous chairs; we're looking for something more restrained and tall enough to provide head support. I can use the yellow pages (etc) as well as anyone else, but if any of the locals have favorite furniture stores, I'd love to hear about them.

2. Where, local or online, can I buy light-weight (chinos etc) casual pants in larger sizes that have decent pockets? I pretty much want the standard jeans layout -- two back, two front, though the watch pocket is strictly optional. Locally I can't find back pockets (and sometimes not front pockets); online I can't find descriptions that specify their pockets.

Comments

[alfiechat.livejournal.com]

I have actually bought my recliners at Levin Furniture. The clearance center near Century III mall has tons of them. I think I paid 500 for two recliners, one for the living room and one for the orange room. I liked the selection.

[cellio]

Thanks!

chinos

[fauxklore]

L.L. Bean is pretty good and has up to size 22W. And they have plenty of pockets.

I've actually done well finding pants at K-mart.

Re: chinos

[cellio]

Thanks for the L.L. Bean tip. I've done reasonably well with K-mart in the past (still do ok for jeans there), but for the last couple years the supply of suitable lighter-weight pants has dwindled, and this spring/summer I've found nothing. (Plenty of pants, but all sans pockets, or they have front pockets only and they're too small to hold a wallet.)

[almondroy.livejournal.com]

My suggestion would be to check Pittsburgh's Craigslist. People are practically giving away furniture on there. I've seen full couches in (apparently) good-to-excellent condition going for a few hundred dollars.

[cellio]

Thanks for the tip.