tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post3305888815753536420..comments2024-03-27T19:07:06.944-04:00Comments on DON'T READ THIS; IT'S BORING!: Procuring Furniture on the Cheapslugmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-64890966762024383432014-05-11T00:39:21.901-04:002014-05-11T00:39:21.901-04:00I have never been to an Ikea either I don't ev...I have never been to an Ikea either I don't even know where the nearest one would be. I dont use the dining room as a dining room so the only space I have is in my kitchen. I bought a new used table the other day that I blogged about. Not really what I want but with kids you have to do practical and not breakableTo the Toy Box and Beyondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664470779483733379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-60495154801684320132014-05-07T11:11:34.218-04:002014-05-07T11:11:34.218-04:00We so need all new furniture. These kids have been...We so need all new furniture. These kids have been monsters. But I'm not buying a thing until DJ is out the door. We just can't have nice things with kids. LOLSonya Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985227040902078422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-77235306299001271922014-05-06T22:37:22.332-04:002014-05-06T22:37:22.332-04:00All of my parents' furniture came from second ...All of my parents' furniture came from second hand stores. I've heard good things about IKEA, and a lot of funny things. The quality is a bit of "you get what you paid for", and not made to last a lifetime like say, real oak wood furniture, but they're stylish, cheap and durable for all intent and purposes. Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075300256482920618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-25954906081003905832014-05-06T21:02:45.411-04:002014-05-06T21:02:45.411-04:00My dining room furniture: an oval, dark oak Pennsy...My dining room furniture: an oval, dark oak Pennsylvania House table with 6 chairs (2 are captains chairs with arms, all are high backed) that I paid a whopping $129 plus tax at Salvation Army when I divorced. I have a secretary desk that my grandfather built in the 30's or 40's that is closed up, using the top as a side board and the 3 deep drawers to store linens. Works for me. Do you have any thrift shops? Yes-lots of worn out, junk, but some treasures as well.CTMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825780992878036362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-32173898204711664192014-05-06T19:23:52.005-04:002014-05-06T19:23:52.005-04:00I've never been to Ikea either, but I like the...I've never been to Ikea either, but I like their designs. I don't know about the quality. My dining room table and chairs are solid maple from Ethan Allen. My sideboard and jelly cupboard are pine from Southern Pine Craftsman in NC. I think they're out of business. I bought my furniture in the late 80's when country was the big thing. Before that I had some Scandinavian teak stuff, which looking back now, I wish I would have kept. I plan to keep what I have for the long haul.Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328674280714013955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-88027801675568330432014-05-06T18:20:33.902-04:002014-05-06T18:20:33.902-04:00nice furniture pix; too bad they ain't here. :...nice furniture pix; too bad they ain't here. :(<br /><br />I have an oak table and hutch (from my SIL) in the dining room. not exactly my speed, but the price was right 14 years ago when we bought our house. she also threw in a living room sofa.<br /><br />I have ikea bookcases; they were easy to put together. AND you don't have to go into philly, there's an ikea in plymouth meeting!anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-575972826151445012014-05-06T15:08:04.150-04:002014-05-06T15:08:04.150-04:00I LOVE those chairs. Go to Philly on trash day in ...I LOVE those chairs. Go to Philly on trash day in a ritzy neighborhood, maybe even to thrift stores. Practical Parsimonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419071209412207674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-54200856370707680482014-05-06T15:06:58.736-04:002014-05-06T15:06:58.736-04:00I don't have a dining room. Well, I do, but it...I don't have a dining room. Well, I do, but it was used for the baby's bedroom and then a sewing room and then a computer room. It will hold almost any size table. But, I have a huge kitchen with a dining room table in it, bought in 1968--Mediterranean style. The table is so generic, but it was a set and seats six. If I had ever wanted a dining room, the furniture I would have wanted would be the price of a good-sized new car. I said "wanted" not gotten.<br /><br />I like old furniture. From what I have heard, Ikea is just temporary furniture and from what I have seen does not fit my style sense at all. So, that part is just my preference. My friend said she encouraged her son to get Ikea because it is cheap and will last long enough for him to get really good stuff. Okay, the last ottoman she bought cost $600, so that is how "good" she means. <br /><br />I have never been in Ikea either. But, I don't think I would last the forced march through it. Are Ikea cabinets solid wood as opposed to pressed wood?<br /><br />Out my window, that sounds like great furniture!Practical Parsimonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419071209412207674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-20461266691899553942014-05-06T13:07:51.214-04:002014-05-06T13:07:51.214-04:00Early attic, actually the whole house is early att...Early attic, actually the whole house is early attic. Old servants table from big house in Sweden, pressed back oak chairs. Hate them but better than the folding chairs we had for years.Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.com