Bedroom Furniture - WWYD?

I currently have a cape and we haven't finished the upstairs yet, which will eventually be a master suite w/ a bathroom. - So, for now we're in Bedroom 1 donwstairs, and the nursery will be next to us (in April )

I've been putting off buying bedroom furniture b/c everything DH and I like is $$$$ and I want to wait until we make the move upstairs and do it once ....ya know? And the bedroom we're in now is MUCH smaller than it will potentially be upstairs -

But in the meantime, do you think it's a waste for me to spend about $1k @ Ikea for a few dresseers/side tables and a bed frame? I just am SO sick of not having anyplace to put our clothes !! I feel like I live in a dorm room !! -
I know it's not furniture that will last forever, and I wouldn't expect it to - but I feel like I'm not going to have the extra time to organize and try to keep everything neat and clean w/o furniture when I have a baby to take care of !! -

Message edited 9/5/2008 9:49:13 AM.

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would you consider buying furniture from Craigslist or Ebay .. something cheap and temporary?

otherwise.. i would say yea.. IKEA would be reasonable !!

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I don't think it would be a waste.
If you're going to buy all new furniture when you move upstairs, than the furniture you buy now will just be for a guest room.

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also try mybobs.com as well..
they have great cheapo pieces
that come already put together - delivery is cheap and good


here is an example- you can get the dresser nightstand and chest for under $650

(though i HATE the mirror and the headboard) but the dresser and tall chest is nice and its cheap!


http://shop.mybobs.com/Tribeca.aspx

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If it's stuff you can use for a guest room then I would do it, if not, I would wait. Target has some nice dressers too.

What size bed frame do you need? I am going to be getting rid of a King size one when my bed comes at the end of November.

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Our bedroom is also much smaller than our future master, so I bought a furniture set that I plan to use as nursery furniture in the future. I think as long as you have a future use for the furniture, it's not a waste to buy.

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We plan to add a 2nd story with a master suite, so we didn't want to drop a lot of money on our current bedroom furniture. We bought it all at The Place Clearance Center in Farmingdale. We were fortunate in that we didn't need to pay a delivery fee b/c we have a trailer and DH negotiated a bit on the prices with the owner as well.

The Place Clearance Center has a bit of a turnover, so we would stop in every week or so to see what new items they had. Some pieces are damaged (some a little, some a lot) and some are just pieces to a set that a buyer didn't want.

Otherwise I think Ikea is a good solution if you like their style and it works for your home.

Message edited 9/5/2008 4:20:51 PM.

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Check out Furnakit. We bought our bedroom furniture there when we first moved in thinking we would buy a good set later (unfortunately 4 years later we still have the Furnakit set ). Anyway, they have good prices and decent furniture.

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check out jcpenneys too, they are a better quality then ikea and very reasonable.