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Where do I look to find decent furniture that's not super expensive?

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notfred

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Is it possible to find a quality coffee table that's not imported from china and bolted together for under $2500?

I'm thinking I'd buy something in the $500-1000 range, but I want something that's actually built like a craftsman would build it, made out of real wood, and not bolted together - something that will last forever. This type of stuff seems to cost a ton - $2500 seems like a LOT for a coffee table, even a really nice coffee table.

Where would I evenstart looking for more moderately priced stuff?
 
I used a Cedar chest from Turkey as my coffee table 🙂 (picked it up when I LIVED in turkey)
 
Try a used office furniture store. Thrift store. Auctions where some one has recently passed away. Get some carpenters plywood and stuff and make it yourself. For 2500 I guess you could start your own wood working shop if you had a place to put it.
 
Remember that Ikea sells more than the disposable furniture. They have decent mid range stuff as well.

Here in Colorado is a store "American Furniture". Some of that stuff is REALLY nice and still fairly priced...
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Did you people even read the post?
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yes.

idea != particle board crap for $59, at least not entirely. they have lots of coffee tables made of solid wood.

if you have more money to spend you can also check out:

crate & barrel
restoration hardware
pottery barn
west elm
 
Here in Seattle there are a number of stores that sell unfinished furniture for much cheaper. I have seen solid wood dressers for $100-200 range, you just have to finish it yourself. We have friends who purchased a few pieces (uncluding a table) and just oil stained them for cheap.

Check around your local area for unfinished furniture, otherwise look for sales at Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, and whatever local furniture stores you have

-spike
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Here in Seattle there are a number of stores that sell unfinished furniture for much cheaper. I have seen solid wood dressers for $100-200 range, you just have to finish it yourself. We have friends who purchased a few pieces (uncluding a table) and just oil stained them for cheap.

Check around your local area for unfinished furniture, otherwise look for sales at Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, and whatever local furniture stores you have

-spike
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We have those in FL too. That said, you can find solid wood furniture at places like Rooms-To-Go and City Furniture, but they also sell cheaper laminate stuff too. Basically, shop around.


 
Originally posted by: Runes911
and not bolted together
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I'm not much of a carpenter but how else would it be put together? Nails? Glue? How would that be any different?
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Furniture that's bolted together has a tendancy to loosen up over time, so that you end up with wobbly tables because the bolts are no longer tight, and if you tighten them you end up crushing the wood.

And yes, nice furntiture is mostly held together blue glue and friction between different peices of wood that are cut in ways designed specifically to make them stay together.
 
Look for a small furniture store that does direct from factory sales.

We have one in my area that has a fairly small showroom (maybe 2500 sq. ft.), but they have dozens of huge catalogs from furniture companies. You pick the model and they order it.

I think my GF and I paid $250 for a cherry-wood platform bed, which I had a difficult time tracking down at the big furniture chains. Their prices were typically 30%-50% lower than all the other furniture stores we shopped around at. Their justification for this was that their small showroom, small staff, and direct order sales model kept their operating costs low.
 
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