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[quote=Anonymous]OP, everyone but you in this situation is ridiculous.  I agree re: a single friendly phone call, but moving on...

If you want furniture help and are at ALL into vintage/eclectic stuff, you can kill at an auction. And I'm talking solid wood, lasts forever, and not in absolute perfect (cosmetic) condition, so kind of nice with kids (although we had ours pre-kids, too).

We got a beautiful 1930s wooden framed sofa comfy enough to sleep on, about $3000 in an antique store, for $180. Armchair was like $50. Side tables well under $100 total. We have a great Arts & Crafts marble topped dresser that was like... IDK? $70, I want to say.

This is my favorite place in the DC area, but just Google:

http://www.laurelauction.com/index.htm

I have more advice along these lines (how to pick up, etc.) if folks are interested-- this was my business for a short while. I won't really buy any other way now. But it does depend on taste-- it's not going to look like Ikea or a furniture showroom (not a lot of matching upholstery, for example). OTOH, it lasts about 10x as long.  [/quote]

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