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[quote=Anonymous]Our home did not sell after 90+ days on the market so we pulled the listing and decided to stay in our small house for a year or two more.  The upside is there are a lot of things we like about our house and location, so we're not devastated.  So, while we were really hoping to move to a bigger house, we're trying to make lemonade out of this deal we've been dealt since it didn't work out that way.

We have a lot of good quality furniture but it was just WAY to big for our house, so when we staged it all went into storage.  We're going to keep it there until we do sell, and so now we need to furnish the rooms that once the stager comes to get our furniture will be empty.

We really liked the small carpet that the stager put in our house, so we've purchased an identical one (it's from Target!), and she also put a light colored coffee table that's from IKEA and some IKEA prints on our wall that look great, so we're buying those.  If you' can't tell, we're on a budget (saving for a bigger down payment when the time comes).   We also need a 48" round dining table, preferably with a leaf for when we have company.  We have dark brown leather chairs from Aurhaus that we really like - but the table, chairs and coffee table will all be together in one small room. The stager had a light colored tablecloth on the table she brought us, but obviously we're not going to have a permanent table cloth on our table.  One of my questions is can you mix wood colors (dark v. light) in one small room?  Any other advice appreciated about where to get the table.  We are willing to pay non-IKEA prices for the table because we will likely need it when we move, but we don't want to spend the $1900-$2000 I have been quoted at Thomasville, etc.  It was a freedom to not be surrounded by too big furniture, but obviously we can't keep our house staged for 1-2 years, so we're trying to reproduce the effect in a livable way (and also hope not to have to pay for staging again).  Thanks![/quote]

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