Where to shop for furniture?
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In a few months, we're going to move into a new house in Bethesda. The house is relatively contemporary, with a mix of transitional.
With the move, we'll need to furnish virtually the entire house. We're moving from a much smaller rowhouse and most of our furniture is ~15 years old, from when we were in grad school. It was cheap then, and falling apart now. The only reasonably "nice" furniture we have is for the kids (and it is standard Pottery Barn nursery stuff). Where do folks recommend we even begin looking for nice, contemporary furniture? We have no interest in spending for the sake of it, but wouldn't be surprised if we spent $40-50k furnishing the house. Is there any good design service to assist us? |
Anonymous
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$40-$50k is a doable but not extravagant budget assuming we’re talking living room, dining room and master bedroom. Much more than that and you’re going to be pushing it.
If you have a furniture store you like, they might have a free or low cost design service. Room and Board does, for example. Or, on the more traditional side, Kellogg Collection. |
Anonymous
| Pottery Barn offers free design sessions w/Interior Designers. |
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These are on the pricier end and I can’t speak to how they will hold up for decades, but I got a sofa from this place and I love it. We chose leather and the cushions that keep their shape well and it has held up so much better than other sofas we have purchased.
But if you’re furnishing an entire home it would be a good idea to ask for some designer help, like with pottery barn. https://benchmademodern.com/ |
Anonymous
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You might consider a trip to Gladhill Furniture in Middletown, MD. My MIL, whose a DC area native, recommended it.
And apparently the showroom is huge. And the reviews are all good. https://www.gladhillfurniture.com/ |
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Belfort is a good starting place. They have everything, though, so you have to be able to scan/pick out what you like. It’s bot a curated look in the way CB2 or others are.
I think it depends what you need— just furniture, or design help. Shopping at a place like PB or CB2 where things tend to be a similar vibe is in some ways easier than starting at someplace like Belfort or Watehouse Showrooms that have some modern/transitional stuff but mixed in with a lot of more traditional |
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| Facebook marketplace. I can’t believe all the $$ I wasted on buying new furniture when there was so much great stuff on marketplace. |
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We're renovating our home and getting rid of all of our pre-marriage and newlywed furniture that is 20-25 years old. We wanted a fresh, contemporary look and I'm buying a lot of pieces at Theodores in Glover Park. It's pricey, but they have high quality, unique furniture.
M Street in Georgetown has a lot of higher-end stores with contemporary furnishings as well. Good luck! |
Anonymous
This! But it takes time, which I happen to have more of than money. Not everyone does. |
Anonymous
Not just Facebook marketplaces but estate sales, too. In DC so much high quality stuff is sold at estate sales - and right now a lot is online. Look at Bethesda Downsizing - they do a fair amount of high end sales, and have some nice sales on now. Weschlers auction house is online, too. I would 100% do a dining room from estate sales or auctions. We just bought a place in Rehoboth and we did Havenly for the living room. We thought that could set the tone, and from there we could figure out the other rooms. It really helped to have one room put together. Our designer recommended artwork and accessories that tie things together too. But, we didn't buy the couch she recommended. At the same time, we went to all the mid priced furniture stores to see what was out there and what we liked and didn't like - Ashley, Havertys, Marlo, etc, and found a couch with the same dimensions we could sit on and we really liked. We actually bought new for the dining room (though we shouldn't have!), but we decided to just do a table and chairs, and hold off on a buffet or server until we lived in the space for a while. Master bedroom we bought from Ashley, with night stands from Wayfair. Kid bedroom 1 we bought off Craig's list. Kid bedroom 2 we bought new because we needed a particular size loft bed, but if we had been more flexible we could have gotten used. Guest room we lucked into a beautiful sleigh bed at an in person estate sale. Bought all new mattresses from Mattress firm - wow, what an improvement. Family room we bought an essentially brand new couch off somebody on Facebook marketplace. We've supplemented with some things from Ikea, I've bought art I love from second hand places, and we've just pulled it together in a way that makes me really happy. (and, once our finances recover, makes me want to do the same with our DC house. But starting with Havenly was a great base. |
Anonymous
| I pick what I like from horchow then get it from NC at a fraction of the price |
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yep. I just sold a table valued at resale (not what we bought it for, but what I've seen online furniture resellers sell our exact table for) at $2500 for $200 on FB Marketplace. |
Anonymous
Where do you go in NC? |
Anonymous
How do you all make sure that you are not bringing bedbugs home? |