Torn between selling my traditional furniture or painting
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Where to furniture shop in NJ- traditional style
Comments (23)I have been to: Raymour and flannigan- Decent stuff--mid priced. bought the kids furniture and some of the office furniture there. Happy with the quality and the service. Sales people attack you at the door- but still worth checking out. Raymour and flannigan clearance- I went twice did not see anything i was looking for - but if you are looking to be thrifty check it out Ethan Allan- love their things but the style is not really what i'm looking for at this time. High End. Ashley- too low end for my taste Rider Furniture- Great things but a smaller store- if you know what you are looking for the will usually beat the price. Traditional style items. Flemington Department Store- Be aware- you will think you walked into some hokey gross thrift shop--- but keep going in-- Great selection of name brand furniture- huge store... good prices- worth the drive.. Also they sell things like great cleaning products for stainless steel and wood floors. Gasior's on Route 206 in Belle Mead- High End- very pricey and very stuffy. Too fancy for my lifestyle and kids... Thomasville- Very nice furniture- mid/high end. Bought a tv console and end tables. Sales men a little pushy but liked the quality. Nice store. Lauter's Furniture- Far drive for me... but a great store- I didn't find what i was looking for, but reasonable prices and HUGE store. Macys Furniture- too low end for me Decorators Consignment- Hopewell NJ- Great consignment store- I have not found anything yet, more of a hit or miss, but worth checking out. You might have to go a few times to find what you are looking for. Greenbaum's in Paterson - Too high end for me...See MorePainting to sell
Comments (17)Personally I'd highlight the beauty of a craftsman home using deeper tones like autumn greens, golds, and spice tones. That's why craftsman homes are so wonderful...color was part of the design. I think you're making a mistake to run the same color throughout, and in addition....cheap paint? I'm sorry but that hurts my eyes to read. You don't know that they'll repaint. The difference between a decent paint (which would have more solids in it than the cheaper stuff) and a cheap paint is just a few bucks. The job will both look nicer and last longer for the new owner. It will also take less paint (which takes care of the difference in cost) to paint the rooms if you use a better quality paint (higher solid contents lead to better coverage). Cheap paint shows...we offered less for this place because of a bad paint job (cheap and boring)....See MoreA Discussion: Traditional Furniture Waning?
Comments (133)Wow. Interesting discussion, I only had time to skim. As other people touched on, this is all part of a broader cultural shift. For example I know a very upper middle class in the suburbs of Philly. Certainly not "philistines" - I think he went to a good engineering school, she went to Smith. They have a nice > 1 million house, but not a historic one. It's tasteful new construction. But I can tell the furniture isn't Baker or Henredon quality. OTOH, they have about 3 huge flat screen TVs on their first level - in the family room, kitchen, and study, and obviously one in their bedroom. They have Showtime, HBO and all the other premium channels, which means they spend, what $200 a month just on TV? And obviously everyone has a smart phone with an expensive data plan. My point is people have different priorities these days...the prestigious of furniture just isn't one of them. I loved the anecdote about waiting for prices to drop. Reminds me of my Mom in the late 80s who told us at the dinner table for a couple months about how she was trying to get a better price on a Labarge coffee table. She finally did. Worth mentioning on a forum called gardenweb btw - that the same thing is happening in horticulture. People used to be willing to shell out for "prestige" plants from "prestige" nurseries. Not anymore, or not nearly to the extent they used to. A few years ago I called around Philly area nurseries - some like Waterloo are gone now of course - and was shocked how hard it was to find cultivars of European Beech. Whereas as recently as about 1998, when Styers (the original, before the series of buyouts culminating with the purchase by Urban Outfitters) first posted a list of available plants online, they had many many cultivars and I remember stopping in to see them when I visited relatives in the Philly area....See Moretorn between 2 ikea cabinet styles
Comments (15)Some of the new doors are up on the wall o' styles at the Baltimore Ikea. I'd say the white is more of a wash than painted - you can see the wood through a lot of it. The Black is kind of antiqued - but blacker than the white is white if that makes any sense. They did not have the cherry colored one. They didn't have the info tags, so I know the outer frame is solid from the way the joints are done, but I don't know about the center panel. If you wait for the new doors, you're still gonna be sanding. You might like the design better, but you're gonna be sanding. I went through Scherrs and got finished premium cherry in a mitered door style for about 25% more than buying the most expensive ikea doors. I wanted something Ikea didn't have. Each and every bit of them is solid cherry. My total for cabs, drawers, doors, sinks and fittings (like grundtals) is still way less than $4k, so I'm very happy. But I do love the photo of the stainless fronts with the very ornate handles. Very romantic!...See MoreShirley Huberty
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