My husband and I bought a new house and are closing on the 27th of June. We are moving into a house with more rooms than our current house has, and we don't have nearly enough furniture! We also don't have a ton of money to be spending on the furniture...
Do you all have any suggestions on places (they can be online places) to find nice, but not too expensive furniture? Link me if you can think of any! ![]()
Re: Inexpensive nice furniture?
You don't mention what rooms you are looking to furnish, but I totally love IKEA furniture for it's price, sturdiness and choices.
I redid my living room a few years ago and got one of their Ektorp sofas, a chair, 2 bookcases, a desk (I work at home) and desk chair. I ordered all of these online. Bookcases, desks and tables need to be assembled, but the armchair and sofa just had to have the plastic taken off and covers put on. The covers are machine washable, and I washed them for the first time earlier this year. They turned out great.
I've ordered a couple more bookcases for one wall in my kitchen because I have so many cookbooks and bowls.
The only other reasonably priced stores I can think of that are in a lot of states is Big Lots and Christmas Tree Shop. Big Lots has larger furniture like desks, sofas, tables, and Christmas Tree Shop has a lot of cute accent furniture that is reasonably priced. Neither has online shopping capabilities.
I understand Ashley Furniture is kind of budget friendly, but we don't have one near us.
It might help to know what area you live in, in case people near there have more ideas.
It's better IMO to leave a room empty than to fill it with furniture that'll end up in a landfill in 5-10 years. If you can't furnish your house with quality used furniture (Craigslist, second hand stores, antiques), leave it empty. When we've had this happen, I decorate the rooms people will see first and we'll use the most, and leave the unseen/unused rooms unfurnished until I get around to them.
PS - Ashley Furniture is utter garbage.
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