Happy Adenium growing and everything else from west coast of Canada (Vancouver Island). Great group of individuals of this forum site. Very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Rick

Welcome Richard, you're off to a nice start! Nev, I've noticed that number of members from Oz say USA on their member page. That confused me at first too, but maybe it's part of trying to comply with the GW's 5-digit postal code requirement? Some US-based sites are set up that way for reasons I don't quite understand, but since you've all apparently figured out how to get around that I doubt that anybody checks where you really live, so you might as well post it to avoid confusion.

If you are buying a lot of furniture, you really should go to North Carolina (Hickory and High Point especially). The furniture stores are vast, and the prices much better than most places you will see in the US. If you time a trip for after market, many of the stores will be having sales. If there are particular lines you like, you should get on the mailing list--they'll let you know when they are having specials. I lived in NC for several years and I ended up furnishing about 8 homes (mine, family members, and friends) exclusively from deals picked up in the clearance centers. And of course, don't forget your local 'Craig's List' for used furniture--that can be the best deal of all. It helps if you've looked at tons of furniture, because then you can spot quality, you know makers you like, and you know not to believe everything the previous owner tells you. Virtually everything advertised on Craig's List is called 'solid wood' and about 10% of it is. I love a beautiful veneer, but that's more rare than the solid wood. I have some wonderful second-hand furniture, and you might want to consider going that route too. Good luck, and happy shopping. And when you do, make sure you check out your shipper--movingscam.com is a good forum to find out companies to use and avoid. (Yes, I have been through the nightmare international move--it turned a $15,000 move into a $50,000, be sure to start researching that NOW. But double verify everything, before they start loading, licenses, permits, etc.) What was a good company, can turn into something awful very quickly.

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