Budget to fully furnish new house

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Anonymous wrote:For floor coverings, lighting, window coverings, TVs, and mid-range furniture, I'd budget about $150,000-$200,000.

whhaaaaa???
You are in an alternate universe.

Not if using a designer and having custom stuff. I think we spent $30-50k per room including painting, electric, drapes, lighting, furniture, etc.

What you describe is still an alternate universe for the average family living in the DC area.

. We spent about $350k. Looking back that was asinine.

I hope your home made Elle Decor or another shelter magazine!

[Anonymous]

Elle Decor! Hardly aspirational

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For floor coverings, lighting, window coverings, TVs, and mid-range furniture, I'd budget about $150,000-$200,000.

whhaaaaa???
You are in an alternate universe.

Not if using a designer and having custom stuff. I think we spent $30-50k per room including painting, electric, drapes, lighting, furniture, etc.

What you describe is still an alternate universe for the average family living in the DC area.

Well OP isn't an average DC family. She's building a new, probably 5000 sq ft house. She needs everything. I was being realistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We furnished our beach house for less than $15K. Everything from Craigslist except the bunk beds, all the mattresses and the TVs. All the rugs/curtains/towels/sheets/kitchen stuff/art/everything else were from HomeGoods. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, family room, kitchen. Time consuming but cheap and a lot of fun. Just for a different perspective.

+1 We completely furnished our four bedroom vacation home for about 15k also- from CL and places like Homegoods. I love CL for hardwood furniture (tough to find even in expensive retail stores) and then places like home goods for all linens, dishes, etc. The above poster is correct in that it is time consuming, but worth it because it creates a more interesting, curated feel. The thought of just going into a store and picking everything out at once just depress me- even if I had the money to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:For floor coverings, lighting, window coverings, TVs, and mid-range furniture, I'd budget about $150,000-$200,000.

whhaaaaa???
You are in an alternate universe.

Not if using a designer and having custom stuff. I think we spent $30-50k per room including painting, electric, drapes, lighting, furniture, etc.

This demonstrates a serious lack of creativity.

[Anonymous]

I agree you should consult with an interior designer, at least regarding paint, lighting, window treatments and furniture layout. The problem with designers, and how they become so expensive, is when you start ordering stuff through them that's only available "to the trade". I started working with a designer and ordered some furniture and rugs through her, but I began to realize that if you have the time you can find many similar-looking pieces at a fraction of the cost of the designer pieces. But it does take a lot of time though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids bedrooms can be cheap. Ikea furniture is fine, especially if they are at the age of writing on shit, destroying it, etc.

We did two bedrooms for $700 each that way.
Our bedroom is room and board and was $4,000.
Our living room is room and board qnd calligaris and cost about $9,000 all in, lighting included.
Dining room is $6,000 - combination of calligaris and ligne roset.
Family room was $14,000 but included built in shelving, another couch, side tables and so me calligaris barstools.
Basement was ikea and room and board - it's a play room, so $3,500 total.
Our office is still cheap as shit, hand me down desk.
Outdoors we have a teak set and some European sail cloths stretched across for shade, plus a $4,000 couch in sunbrella.
Window treatments were $5,000 for the house. That's cheap FYI.

Whatever that adds up too.

I love room and board, i'd love to see it.
but not loving the $50k cost. . .

[Anonymous]

It really depends on the look you are trying to achieve. A nice A decent bedroom set is about $3500 (x number of rooms)
A good dining room set about $6000
Good sofa $3000-$6000
coffee table $1500
blinds $1000 per room
window treatments (if you want them)- $1000 per room
rugs $1500 per room
office set $4000
kitchen set $3000

I'd say about $60K for a house full of furniture- but you could go way higher if you want higher end (Baker, etc) or way lower if you are o.k. doing a mix of lesser end retailers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For floor coverings, lighting, window coverings, TVs, and mid-range furniture, I'd budget about $150,000-$200,000.

whhaaaaa???
You are in an alternate universe.

Not if using a designer and having custom stuff. I think we spent $30-50k per room including painting, electric, drapes, lighting, furniture, etc.

What you describe is still an alternate universe for the average family living in the DC area.

I love how people have no concept of life outside their bubble.

[Anonymous]

Why do you need a 5000 sq foot house? No wonder we have global warming.

[Anonymous]

We spent about 6K in window treatments for first floor
Dining room furniture: 7K
Living Room Furniture: 12K
Family room/kitchen: $4000
DS room: $1500
DD room: $3000
Basement/playroom: $4000

We have not yet bought new furniture for our bedroom but plan on trying to budget 8K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We spent about 6K in window treatments for first floor
Dining room furniture: 7K
Living Room Furniture: 12K
Family room/kitchen: $4000
DS room: $1500
DD room: $3000
Basement/playroom: $4000

We have not yet bought new furniture for our bedroom but plan on trying to budget 8K.

I forgot to add that we have a mix of Restoration Hardware, Crate and Barrel, Ikea, Ballard Designs, and ABC Home.

[Anonymous]

This is something so many people fail to account when they buy that large home. You see so many young couples buying very large homes out in the burbs. Even if you do furnish it slowly over time, it's still a huge cost. Especially since so many people absolutely must have the Pottery Barn catalog look.