Home Accents and Accesories: Open Question: Do leather couches/sofas/loveseats also have bedbugs/couch-bugs? and more...

I was exploring used sofas/couches/loveseats on Craigslist and was notified by my friends about bedbugs. Having gone through them when in school I don't want to take even 1% risk. But I live in a city not close to any school/university and there's no student community here and I plan to buy stuff only from good (read "rich") houses ( though this doesn't qualify for being bug-free ) So now I want to know if leather couches/sofas too can be inhabited by these bugs just as regular microfiber/upholstery-based ones? I do understand that rich homes can also have bed-bugs but what I actually wanted to ask is: there are some deals that are outright cheap (like $50 a couch) and then there are some higher-end deals (like $350 for a couch or may be $500 for a pair) - now if one's furniture is indeed bug-infested, one wouldn't normally quote such higher-end deals, right? Or am I just being stupid :( I have been through bed bugs and have read about them on the Internet and can possibly identify bug-ridden stuff (like looking into backside of covers, crevices, look for blood/fecal black/brown marks and that smell ... I can't forget that yucky pesty smell of these parasites)

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Open Question: How much would it cost to reupholster a wingback armchair?

I'm thinking about purchasing a wingback armchair in white, but they're pretty pricey! So, I found one for $20..I was thinking about buying it and getting it reupholstered. Has anyone ever reupholstered an armchair and could tell me about how much it would cost? Thank you! :) Seamstress, great info! I was considering a slipcover but I'm kinda iffy about it only due to sanitary reasons...the wingback chairs I'm looking at are pretty dirty? would that matter with a slipcover over it?

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