What to buy? opinions on buying home furnishings?

Personally, I would put decorative stuff off until last, especially if you have 3 kids or monkeys or whatever living at home. They will just trash it. I would buy rugs if the floors are really cold or in bad shape.

Otherwise, that can wait. "Kitchen stuff" would depend on how much you like to cook and whether the hand-me-downs let you cook what you want and how you want. I would buy kid furniture and storage stuff if they are ruining your "adult" furniture, their stuff is all over the house with no place to put it, or if the kids have no place to keep their clean clothes.

I would put the flat screen TV dead last. If you have a working TV and cable you are still good to go. If you don't have a working TV, then the big, heavy, CRT TVs will be at bargain prices - with either the converter box or cable it would still work fine, and it will always hook up to any video game console.

If you don't have a TV at all, then it is time to get a library card. Do you have enough towels to go around that everyone has access to a clean one? Do your sheets have holes in them?

Does everyone have a blanket? If the answer is no to any of these questions, then I would buy bedding. Another approach would be on a room-by-room basis.

Are you ashamed of your living room to such a degree that your kids aren't allowed to have friends over? Then I would start there. If the only place you get any alone time is in the master bedroom but it looks like a storage unit, then I would tackle that room first.

If you are afraid to go into the kids' rooms because it appears that there is something feral living in there, then I would start with kid stuff. If your family eats only sandwiches off paper plates because you don't have the tools to make hot food and serve it on "real" plates, or if there is one appliance that you are certain will revolutionize your life, then start with the kitchen. I hate to tell you but I am still using hand-me-downs after 19 years of marriage, including things that belonged to my grandmother (they'll have to pry her cast iron skillet out of my cold dead hand!

) and my husband's late first wife, and stuff I got in garage sales.

2 Kitchen stuff: I'd definitely check TJ Maxx first. If you don't think you have to have matching, you can get high quality pots for not near the money you'd pay for an entire matching set. I'm also in Darwin's camp, I've got stuff my mother gave me.My cocktail ottoman was discarded by another resident.

I found it sitting tidily next to the trash compacter. Isn't a thing wrong with it - I'm sure whoever discarded it was just redecorating. Well, it's mine now!

It even matches my loveseat and club chair (which my daughter gave me when she moved and didn't have room for them). My dining table and chairs are from a former boss who didn't have room for them in his new office. I talked him out of buying storage for it - not worth that, but it's plenty good to sit in my dining room.

I have had new furniture in the past that went to children, so I guess anything that fills the bill will do for me. I've gotten over needing new. But I do want a big flat panel tv.

3 Half of the furniture in our house came from furniture consignment stores and the local auction house. Used furniture drops in value even faster than used cars, so you can get much better quality overall if you're willing to overlook a ding or two. (and trust me, with 3 kids, they'll take the new off new furniture quicker than you'd think.

I agree with Darwin, the TV and decor are wants, not needs. Look over your list and decide what is the biggest need and then get the best deal you can on it. Then on to the next.

The thing about Wal-Mart is they get the lower prices by selling lower quality merchandise. Interestingly, try Amazon when you're shopping. You occasionally get a smokin' good deal on stuff.

Patience will pay off big time. I shopped a $400 desk for my office and then got two good used desks for a total of $40, just because I was patient.

Opinions on buying home furnishings Okay, so I am finally buying some new things for the house. We needs absoutly everything. Weve been useing the same handme downs for years.

Where would you start? I am talking basic walmart, nothing fancy. This is my list Small/decorative stuffrugskitchen stuffkid furniture/storge flat screenbeddingyou get the pictureso I only have about $500 to work with, more will come, but what to do first?

Thanks. Just a little confused Asked by momof3monkees 35 months ago Similar questions: buy opinions buying home furnishings Home.

Similar questions: buy opinions buying home furnishings.

Home Furnishings Bedding: I'd go to Tuesday Morning and TJ Maxx. I'd also check there for small decorative stuff and rugs. Kid furniture/storage: I'd head to Target and get some of those Closet-Maid storage things.

They're actually good looking enough and sturdy enough to use until your pot o'gold comes in. They're also easy to put together. I like to dress them up with drawer pulls, which are on sale right now at my local Anthropologie, but any boutique furniture store in your area is likely to have an assortment of pulls.

For fun, I got all different ones. They make my very basic 'glit' cabinet come to life and look way more expensive than the $50 I spent on it. Also: Don't forget consignment shops in your area.

Consignment shops are really in vogue now on account of the economic condition. You can probably find some cool bargains and with a coat of paint or some new pulls, you can have a really hittin' looking chest of drawers. I know you want 'new' but sometimes other peoples' cast-offs are in great shape and you can't beat the price.

A once in a lifetime opportunity came my way a couple of years ago when somebody in Horchow's web department made a huge mistake and instead of making the sale 90% of retail, they made it 10% of retail! I got an entire bedroom set, with fully lined curtains, for about $110! Shipping was free because I spent over $100.It should have cost me, at the sale price which they later fixed, about $1100.00!

I'm still feeling smug over that! I called a friend in DC and said, you've got to pull Horchow up right now. She got all her Christmas shopping done and spent about $200.

Flat Sceen TV: It is my understanding from my TV repair shop owner (and he builds plasma screen TVs) that LG and Samsung are THE two brands to go for when purchasing a flat-panel TV. He said he repairs them way less than he does the Sony, Panasonic, Phillips, Emerson brands. He also said TO PURCHASE the extended warranty.

He said the thing that goes out that'll kill your wallet is the flat screen itself and that getting the extended warranty is way worth it. I figure you'll shoot your entire wad and then some on your flat panel.My advice is to go ahead and get as big a one as your room can take. My brother got a 52".

It sounds big, but his room is large and believe me, you get used to the size rather quickly. The picture on his is fabulous. He has it hanging on his wall.

I don't have a flat-panel yet, but I'm planning on a 46" at least, maybe a 52". I figure if I'm going to spend $500, I may as well spend $750 or $1,000 and get what I want and let it be there for a while. The price on flat screens continues to come down, so I'm holding out for now.

I don't do a whole lot of TV watching. Have fun getting your space like you want it! .

Pick a room First, I would decide which room was going to be my focus first and work on that room. Once that room was updated move on to the next. Second, I would look at magazines and websites with current trends in new home decor.Www.InteriorMall.Com puts new products up almost every day.

Once you decide what you like, look for items that fit your budget and style. Maybe do some painting. One caution, don't go overboard on trying to make everything match - keep it a little bit ecletic .

Kitchen stuff: I'd definitely check TJ Maxx first. If you don't think you have to have matching, you can get high quality pots for not near the money you'd pay for an entire matching set. I'm also in Darwin's camp, I've got stuff my mother gave me.My cocktail ottoman was discarded by another resident.

I found it sitting tidily next to the trash compacter. Isn't a thing wrong with it - I'm sure whoever discarded it was just redecorating. Well, it's mine now!

It even matches my loveseat and club chair (which my daughter gave me when she moved and didn't have room for them). My dining table and chairs are from a former boss who didn't have room for them in his new office. I talked him out of buying storage for it - not worth that, but it's plenty good to sit in my dining room.

I have had new furniture in the past that went to children, so I guess anything that fills the bill will do for me. I've gotten over needing new. But I do want a big flat panel tv.

Half of the furniture in our house came from furniture consignment stores and the local auction house. Used furniture drops in value even faster than used cars, so you can get much better quality overall if you're willing to overlook a ding or two. (and trust me, with 3 kids, they'll take the new off new furniture quicker than you'd think.

I agree with Darwin, the TV and decor are wants, not needs. Look over your list and decide what is the biggest need and then get the best deal you can on it. Then on to the next.

The thing about Wal-Mart is they get the lower prices by selling lower quality merchandise. Interestingly, try Amazon when you're shopping. You occasionally get a smokin' good deal on stuff.

Patience will pay off big time. I shopped a $400 desk for my office and then got two good used desks for a total of $40, just because I was patient.

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