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04-08-2014, 02:51 AM
nebraska furniture mart. If you own berkshire hathaway, you can get a 40% discount during their annual meeting. <--- I've heard they do 300MM/year in furnishing. Largest furniture store in the USA w/best retail prices.
Downtown LA has some wholesale furniture places. I've heard about the area around Port of LA and Port of Longbeach having good warehouse deals too.
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04-08-2014, 02:55 AM
I'm in the same situation. I want nice furniture, but the prices for the stuff seems way unreasonable. I've had success with Craigslist...but you have to be patient for something good, that fits your style. It took me months to find my sofa...
Thinking about building my own tables...It's just a thought right now, but after looking around, and seeing tables that look as simple as a few logs nailed together priced over $2k...I think I can do better...
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04-08-2014, 03:00 AM
Did a quick search. This popped up for 600 buxs plus 160 shipping. Looks pretty similar.
http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=34980441
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04-08-2014, 09:31 AM
The best buys are antique/classic pieces of furniture. Why?
1. They are built better than modern stuff (unless you dole out some serious cash).
2. You can usually sell the pieces when you're done with them and make money on them; you're not going to do that on new stuff. I've made some decent cash for not much effort buying and selling off of Craigslist. Example: I bought a turn of the century solid Walnut bureau for $650 and sold it for $3500.
Not that I'm an interior decorator (gay), but you don't have to have matching furniture sets; separate pieces that blend together look better (IMHO) than most of the mass produced stuff made today. Plus it instantly adds character to wherever you put them.
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04-08-2014, 12:54 PM
What's with the hate for Ikea?
I've got an Ikea desk and it's absolutely awesome. Solid construction, well-made, firm without being too heavy, and it was cheap too.
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04-08-2014, 12:59 PM
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You might not want to Bang Denmark. But you do want to buy their furniture.
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04-08-2014, 03:03 PM
I have my furniture custom-made. No particle board crap, real wood. It looks just like I got it from a showroom flow. Find a local furniture maker, your closest big city should have several to choose from. With a good furniture maker, you just show them a picture of what you're wanting and they'll make it. Better quality, much better prices and you get exactly what you're wanting - built to your specs.
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04-09-2014, 03:48 AM
Thanks everyone for chiming in: hopefully I can use your tips for securing some under market prices on this furniture.
Still looking at room & board and kt a lesser extent west elm and cb2.
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04-10-2014, 08:40 AM
room and board generally has very high quality furniture, classic famous designs and a great guarantee.
yeah its expensive, but it should last forever if you get the solid wood stuff.
i just bought a media console from there, shopped it hard around includine ebay, CL, cb2, c&B, west elm, ikea, etc. and it made the most sense. yeah it was $1900 but i'm always going to have it.
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04-10-2014, 10:48 AM
I bought a new condo recently, and my old furniture looked shabby. So I'm the process of upgrading.
I heard restoration hardware was one if the best. I went to their show room and everything looked like it was upholstered with burlap bags, and tables needed to be sanded and repainted. Not my bag.
I settled on pottery barn. They sent a decorator out to my pad for free. We moved some of my existing furniture around and it looks 10x better. She recommended I keep some if what I have. Then we made a master plan. I ordered $6k worth of furniture. It's going to take awhile for it to be delivered. When it comes, I'll decide next steps.
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