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Rep retirement lodge CC - greetings from heathrow

Rep retirement lodge CC - greetings from heathrow

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Brenthoven said:
My furniture (now about 12-13 years old) came from the Slumberland outlet store. Still in prime condition, and good prices.
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Outside of the TV cabinet I picked up last summer, I don't have anything in my living room less than 12 years old.
 
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Hammer said:
Outside of the TV cabinet I picked up last summer, I don't have anything in my living room less than 12 years old.
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I have a couple of new bookcases. One to hold my movies and books, one to hold my beer bottles that I collect. Yes, bottles. Rare stuff. Kitsch and decor, frankly. The artwork on some is really good.

You can find some steals in the outlet stores. Have a 3' x 3' coffee table that cost me $25 because of "discoloring." Um sure, if you realllllllly look for it.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I have a couple of new bookcases. One to hold my movies and books, one to hold my beer bottles that I collect. Yes, bottles. Rare stuff. Kitsch and decor, frankly. The artwork on some is really good.

You can find some steals in the outlet stores. Have a 3' x 3' coffee table that cost me $25 because of "discoloring." Um sure, if you realllllllly look for it.
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I have a consignment shop directly across the street from my office. If I end up doing a patio enclosure out of the back porch, I'll be adding a dining room table to the kitchen and moving that table into the enclosure, along with a sleeper sofa.

I prefer to buy stuff once and that's it. I'm not changing out furniture every 5 years just to change styles. Even the dressers and nightstands in my bedroom are 35+ years old. My grandfather made the nightstands and one of the dressers.
 
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Hammer said:
I have a consignment shop directly across the street from my office. If I end up doing a patio enclosure out of the back porch, I'll be adding a dining room table to the kitchen and moving that table into the enclosure, along with a sleeper sofa.

I prefer to buy stuff once and that's it. I'm not changing out furniture every 5 years just to change styles.
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I agree, I also hate IKEA. :D
 
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Hammer said:
I have a consignment shop directly across the street from my office. If I end up doing a patio enclosure out of the back porch, I'll be adding a dining room table to the kitchen and moving that table into the enclosure, along with a sleeper sofa.

I prefer to buy stuff once and that's it. I'm not changing out furniture every 5 years just to change styles. Even the dressers and nightstands in my bedroom are 35+ years old. My grandfather made the nightstands and one of the dressers.
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The only reason we change furniture is when it wears out. We lasted forever until we had a kid. Costs so much to recover or get a decent slip cover for a couch it is cheaper to buy new
 
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Almost everything I own is less than five years old. Most of that being due to the fact that I didn't have anything before I moved into this house.

I'm not sure I know anyone rich enough and materialistic enough to change our every five years. That's just insane. It's like renting furniture at that point.
 
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leswp1 said:
shopping for house stuff is always fun. When we started out we were dirt poor. Loved Salvation Army, Goodwill and Capital. The last one was like a job lots only much less organized and clean. We found some stuff with real character- some of which we still use and is better quality than if we tried to replace!
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The MIL wanted us to drive to St, Clooud to look at a store. I am not driving 90 miles to have a chance of not finding something. There is used furniture store similar in Woodbury (east metro). We saw these 2 side tables and then saw the dining table. Needs a little work, but those are for the chairs. There was a few other items, but there were a little bit high in price. We have to go back there to find more.

Brenthoven said:
My furniture (now about 12-13 years old) came from the Slumberland outlet store. Still in prime condition, and good prices.
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We are getting our couches from Happy Harry's in Farmington. Free delivery and warranty. Other places were offering the same price, but $100+ for delivery and no warranty. Sorry Hoven, but coffee and side tables for the living room will be coming from Ikea. :o

leswp1 said:
When we first bought 'real' furniture we bought everything to match. Learned over time to mix and match. The 'matching' sets are frequently not very match-able to anything else if one piece dies.
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I love to mix and match! I bought the color of the couch based on the blanket that I crocheted for the new furniture whenever that was going to happen. Guess that is the artist in me.
 
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Lady wore Black said:
The MIL wanted us to drive to St, Clooud to look at a store. I am not driving 90 miles to have a chance of not finding something. There is used furniture store similar in Woodbury (east metro). We saw these 2 side tables and then saw the dining table. Needs a little work, but those are for the chairs. There was a few other items, but there were a little bit high in price. We have to go back there to find more.



We are getting our couches from Happy Harry's in Farmington. Free delivery and warranty. Other places were offering the same price, but $100+ for delivery and no warranty. Sorry Hoven, but coffee and side tables for the living room will be coming from Ikea. :o



I love to mix and match! I bought the color of the couch based on the blanket that I crocheted for the new furniture whenever that was going to happen. Guess that is the artist in me.
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Free delivery is HUGE. Slumberland did offer that when my (then) roommate and I bought our furniture.

DX: your age of furniture is understandable. It's all new at some point. In 5 years, you'll sound like us. :D
 
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s'upp y'all

just was awoken as the coffee shop mookie slept in last night is now open for business.

why are uk keyboards different than what mookie knows? :confused: the @ is not where it belongs, dammit!!! :mad:
 
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mookie1995 said:
s'upp y'all

just was awoken as the coffee shop mookie slept in last night is now open for business.

why are uk keyboards different than what mookie knows? :confused: the @ is not where it belongs, dammit!!! :mad:
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I tried using a keyboard in France once. That didn't go well.
 
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Good Morning, Lodge!

My current bed frame is from Ikea. Love it. I have had it for 15 years. I just ordered a new bed frame from Overstock.

dx - I really liked Dock 86, but I was not paying that much for delivery and warranty for furniture. I did like the lighting selection, but hubby did not.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Free delivery is HUGE. Slumberland did offer that when my (then) roommate and I bought our furniture.

DX: your age of furniture is understandable. It's all new at some point. In 5 years, you'll sound like us. :D
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I agree...one of the reasons we have purchased appliances at Warner's Stellion instead of Bust Buy. BB's original prices may be lower but once delivery and taking away the old one is factored in it's an easy decision.

We have been transitioning furniture over the past several years and have split purchases between HOM and Becker.
 
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Greyeagle said:
I agree...one of the reasons we have purchased appliances at Warner's Stellion instead of Bust Buy. BB's original prices may be lower but once delivery and taking away the old one is factored in it's an easy decision.

We have been transitioning furniture over the past several years and have split purchases between HOM and Becker.
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When I bought my TV from Best Buy, it was going to be a 42" for $425, but $50 (IIRC) delivery. Instead, I purchased a 50" for $500 and free delivery. Easy choice there.

Edit: AND they took away my old burned out TV. Bonus.
 
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Lady wore Black said:
The MIL wanted us to drive to St, Clooud to look at a store. I am not driving 90 miles to have a chance of not finding something. There is used furniture store similar in Woodbury (east metro). We saw these 2 side tables and then saw the dining table. Needs a little work, but those are for the chairs. There was a few other items, but there were a little bit high in price. We have to go back there to find more.



We are getting our couches from Happy Harry's in Farmington. Free delivery and warranty. Other places were offering the same price, but $100+ for delivery and no warranty. Sorry Hoven, but coffee and side tables for the living room will be coming from Ikea. :o



I love to mix and match! I bought the color of the couch based on the blanket that I crocheted for the new furniture whenever that was going to happen. Guess that is the artist in me.
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Living vicariously. It is always a fun time to pick out new things for a house.

mookie1995 said:
s'upp y'all

just was awoken as the coffee shop mookie slept in last night is now open for business.

why are uk keyboards different than what mookie knows? :confused: the @ is not where it belongs, dammit!!! :mad:
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Has anyone else thought of the irony of mookie starting a thread with this title and then living there for a few days?

Good afternoon Lodge. Briefly upright to plant the veggie garden with lots of help from mr les. Now feel exhausted.
 
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