Furnitures

rakesh5883

Ive just purchased a new house an am looking to buy good furniture,

• corner Sofa
• Corner Wardrobes
• Wardrobes

Any good reasonable shops for the above, please ?

can you please suggest me some good shops ? when it comes to buying a good PAX wardrobe from IKEA, I don't like the whole concept of assembling it (even though I like DIY), moreover its big

theartfullodger

John Lewis
http://www.johnlewis.com/home-garden/c500006?rdr=1

Or Linley
http://www.davidlinley.com/store/furniture

I know, the horror of having to put something together oneself....

AdrianC

I struggle to see how somebody can "like DIY", yet be scared by an IKEA wardrobe.

G_M

Define "good", and "reasonable"!

There are several excellent antique shops in my village which sell 'good' furniture at 'reasonable' prices.

Alterntively, Ikea has 'good'furniture too, but of a different style.

But if you are interested in saving money, try your localauction house. It totally amazes me what you can buy, for amost peanuts, at auction, and I now wonder why people spend s000s on furniture, TVs, white goods etc when they could spend a hundred or two all in.

Madbags

Why not check local charity shops?


When we bought our house we basically kitted the entire house out from Charity shop furniture. It's all lovely stuff, our couch looked and still looks 100% brand new and only cost £150.00 (brand new probably would have been £600 or more).

Bossypants

AdrianC wrote: »

I struggle to see how somebody can "like DIY", yet be scared by an IKEA wardrobe.

To be fair, the largest IKEA wardrobes are absolutely massive. I have no problem assembling furniture but there was no way I could have managed those, being on my own and standing at the grand height of 5'4...

Different if you have friends/family to help, of course, but not everyone does, especially if they are moving far away.

Grenage

I echo Madbag's advice; never underestimate the [STRIKE]power of the dark side[/STRIKE] quality and value of some charity shops.

The British Heart Foundation was having a sale the other week, and we picked up:

A double wardrobe,
Welsh Dresser,
Nest of tables,
Sewing box/table
Dining table and 6 chairs.

All solid wood, all fantastic quality, all delivered, for £280. You'd struggle to get a piece of tat for that amount new!

System

Madbags wrote: »

Why not check local charity shops?


When we bought our house we basically kitted the entire house out from Charity shop furniture. It's all lovely stuff, our couch looked and still looks 100% brand new and only cost £150.00 (brand new probably would have been £600 or more).

I second this. Furniture charity shops can be excellent in terms of value and quality. Definitely worth a look!

davidmcn

Bossypants wrote: »

To be fair, the largest IKEA wardrobes are absolutely massive. I have no problem assembling furniture but there was no way I could have managed those, being on my own and standing at the grand height of 5'4...

Different if you have friends/family to help, of course, but not everyone does, especially if they are moving far away.

There are handyperson types who specifically offer flatpack assembly as a service.

Bossypants

davidmcn wrote: »

There are handyperson types who specifically offer flatpack assembly as a service.

Oh yeah I know, and IKEA specifically have an assembly service which I used in my case. I just wanted to point out that 'being okay with DIY' does not automatically equal 'can do any DIY job', even if someone else might find it easy.

walwyn1978

Another vote for what GM said. Auctions are excellent, often selling stock from shops that closed or simply had to move out thw items to create room - so NOS - new old stock - for a pittance compared to new.

When we moved into our first flat, apart from the bed which was an IKEA one the rest of the furniture, including fridge, cooker etc, all came from the auction.