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[quote=Anonymous]HHI 85K, was 130K when I worked but I'm SAHM now and won't be shopping anytime soon!

When I was a kid we had only cheap, flimsy, fake furniture.  When I was older and my parents were better off, my mom spent what seemed like a ton of money furnishing a large house, but somehow mostly pretty poor quality stuff that barely lasted 4 years.   Somewhere along the line I was instilled with a desire to own some nice furniture even if it meant not owning much.  DH and I have never lived in a very large space that we felt we needed to fill up, so we've taken it slow and been pretty careful.

I love nice woods.  I hate flimsy stuff and would rather have nothing at all.   We wait for the Room and Board end-of-year sales and furnished our bedroom there - walnut bed, cherry chests - different woods but it works because of the design cohesion.  We recently moved and bought a gorgeous floor model walnut coffee table at C&B - marked way down - didn't have a coffee table before that.  I'm reluctant to spend money on the kids' room since their situation will change, or not change, depending on when we are able to move into a 3BR.  Thus, I have spent very little money in there.  DS6 is in a simple wood $20 garage sale bed frame with an IKEA mattress, DD3 is still in her IKEA crib with the side taken off.  Don't want to invest in bunk beds if they'll have their own rooms anyway in a couple years, plus I have a boy and girl and there don't seem to be a lot of gender neutral options out there.

We do have a few nice pieces as well as some family antique type pieces, but since we married I doubt we've broken 10K with our furnishings.  We are pretty poor though for around here!

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