Getting a
new home is really exciting, but all the good feelings really start when you
buy the first piece of furniture for your house or condo. New
mattress, shiny new kitchen, sitting on the sofa of your dreams in your living
room for the first time… It’s all a wonderful experience, but the excitement
and enthusiasm shouldn’t blind your judgment when the time to choose what to
buy and where to buy it comes.
Something
that usually happens to first-timers is that they feel like they need to get
everything at once, despite having a limited budget, but the key is to be
patient. There are plenty of options both online and in stores to decorate and furnish
your new home, but we recommend you to buy a piece or two at a time, and try
not to do impulsive shopping and get anything you don’t really need at first.
There
are stores like Ikea (which we all know) that seem like the easiest choice, and
in some cases, it is. We all have at least that one TV cabinet that we
assembled ourselves (and probably remind it to our family every now and then),
but it’s not a mystery that this sort of pieces don’t usually last long. Sometimes
the smartest choice is to spend the same that you would in Ikea and buy a used
pine wood table that will last for a much longer time. State sales, antique
shops and even Craigslist are great choices, especially if you have a tight
budget. When
shopping on craigslist, seek out solid wood (oak, maple, birch, etc), and try
not to buy used items that could contain bed bugs (fabrics, beds, mattresses,
curtains, etc).
If you are
old-school and like to touch and feel your new piece of furniture before you get
it, there are some really great places in Miami where you can get beautiful
items and save money too:
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