My husband dislikes buying furniture
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| No, not my house - but I do really like the shelving in the background. |
How do you and your husband buy furniture?
My husband does not like shopping and avoids large stores if he can, especially if they have a sale on.
So we have come up with a novel way to purchase furniture
(which makes DH happy which is what I like to achieve).
(which makes DH happy which is what I like to achieve).
I go to the furniture store (as I did yesterday) and I take a heap photos (for example of arm chairs and rugs) and send them to my husband.
Aren't smart phones so handy!
Then I give him a call and we discuss the options.
I try to provide a diverse range and different prices and based on these we make a decision.
Then I go off and decide on colour (of the fabric) and make the purchase.
Yesterday we bought an arm chair, coffee table and 2 rugs this way. It worked very well!!
Now I just have to wait 6 weeks for the chair and coffee table but at least I can enjoy the new rugs and what a differences they make to the space.
PS Have you noticed that lounge suits are getting bigger and bigger whilst most modern houses are getting smaller and smaller.
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| On the topic of furniture - I love these old fashion dressers but they are so hard to find secondhand that look this good (certainly around where I live). The modern ones just aren't as nice. |
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That is a very good way to do that shopping! :-) You can still do it "together", but he doesn't have to deal with the nuisance factor.
ReplyDeleteThose cupboards are called Hoosier cabinets in the U.S. I like them too and would love to have one. :-) I settled for a kitchen cart instead. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=hoosier%20kitchen%20cabinet Click on Google images here. It's quite amazing. I think they must have been more common here.
BTW - I like your new format! :-)
Whilst we have french dressers here, they aren't as nice as these dressers. I particularly like the workbench which makes it quite different to other dressers. If only I knew a really clever cabinet maker!!
DeleteI like furniture shopping - the thing that makes it hardest is the fact that most of it is so far beyond my budget that it's almost a waste of time!
ReplyDeleteI like that dresser, too.
I went to Harvey Norman and couldn’t believe the prices – everything was so expensive. Why does it cost $1000 for a timber coffee table? I wanted a single lounge chair (not a suite) and even a single chair was over $1000. It was staggering I have to admit, probably because I rarely go furniture shopping and haven’t seen these prices for so long. I did find one on sale, but once I selected the fabric (that the cat wouldn’t ruin) I wasn’t overly happy as it is rather small considering the cost! It better last years!
DeleteAs to the dresser – I have bought an old second hand one which I stumbled across quite by accident – I think from the 1940s. It isn’t flash and does need a sanding and re-paint, but it was $300 and I have seen many for far more. It is being delivered on Thursday so I will share photos once I have all my plates etc.. on display. I have been looking at new dressers – but they lack character/history and charge over $1000 and that is far too much. This one tells a story of some farm house.
Yes smartphones can sure be handy at times!
ReplyDeleteWe haven't bought much furniture really - come to think of it, only a TV Stand which I didn't care too much for since I don't watch Tv so I let him decide. Other than that we have made great use of hand-me-downs :-) That said, we are well and truly due for a new bed & if a hand-me-down doesn't arrive in time we might have to brave those big hectic furniture stores ;-)
We haven't bought furniture in ages but we needed a few things recently and now waiting for them to arrive. I think we have everything we need for now. Furniture is so expensive , I was shocked at the cost -prices not worth the quality. It's depressing :(( not that you want to hear that:((!!
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