New home items (LOTS to find!)

Philippa36

The saucepans started at around £5 each ~ but at least then you can buy what you need instead of a whole set if you only want one or two.

The sofa we bought was £179, fabric, navy, although they didn't have a great choice of colours

Dora_the_Explorer_5

5 Sharp Knives in Wooden Block 3.97

Might not be such a good buy. Many people find themselves just using the same two knives all the time - a biggish sharp one and a serrated one. And of course all the food street sellers abroad use what looks like a mini machete for everything, from carving up an elephant to slicing slivers of veg.

Miss_money_2

Hi I'm shopping for a duvet and covers at a really cheap price. Can anybody help at all?

Smiley_Mum

Tescos have Value duvets and they have a good selection of covers, pillow cases etc too. You could try Matalan too if you have one near you.

Welcome to the site BTW :-)

Greensprout

Bedz 'R' Us - Great Prices for beds.

I got the 'Double Japan with Drawers' for £125, the same costs just short of £200 in the Argos.

fannyadams

If you have an IKEA near you then THAT is the place to go for FTB equipping their new houses/flats/etc
GF & I completely did the kitchen - pots pans cutlery glasses plates dishes etc from Ikea, I was AMAZED at how cheap it was.

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Miss_money wrote:

Hi I'm shopping for a duvet and covers at a really cheap price. Can anybody help at all?

Try Asda, they have a new line in duvet cover patterns and have reduced the old stock.

Ninepurrs

Hi, I'm new.

I did the first home thing 4 years ago & managed to decorate & furnish my flat for under £400 (okay so I already had a bed & managed to talk Mum into buying my fridge & cooker, but still....). It's a housing association flat so all there was were cupboards in the kitchen & the usual 3 pieces in the bathroom. Floors = concrete, walls = really bad condition wall paper

I'm posting now as I'm really surprised that noone has mentioned Dunelm Mill. They have great prices on duvets (from £4.99), duvet covers sheets etc., I got my curtains for £3.99! they still do them a that sort of price too.

If moneys tight then don't buy a cooker (they eat electricity anyway), get yourself a microwave & one of those health grill things (Comet are doing a £60 one for £9.99 until Wednesday). Between the 2 of them you can cook pretty much anything except pastry. Yes it is possible to do it, thats how I've cooked for the past 3 years lol!

As mentioned above, if there is one near you, go to TJ Hughes for appliances, they sell last seasons models for greatly reduced prices eg I got a £50 iron for £12, £30 kettle for £10, £30 toaster £10, £50 hoover £25, all still going after 4 years of much abuse & cat hair.

Hope this helps, sorry didn't realise how long it was lol!

simonts

I was also about to mention dunelm mill till i saw this post..we have got so much stuff from there and most f the rest was from Ikea...any excuse to get the hotdogs