Essential Home Furniture

I had forgotten about Compact Appliance’s fantasy free ground shipping offer, until someone asked me about my kegerator.  Last year during this same deal, I purchased my first kegerator primarily because of the store’s free shipping offer.  Compact Appliance, including its store at Kegerator.com is now offering free shipping for three days.  This sale goes through Thursday, April 1st. Shop CompactAppliance.com or take a look at some of my favorite items from their store below.  Some of this stuff is better for furnishing small apartments, but I’ve also found it useful for family rooms or rec rooms (like the basement).

EdgeStar 18 Bottle Dual Zone Wine Cooler

EdgeStar Extreme Cool 12,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner

Koldfront Portable Countertop Dishwasher

People often enter into furniture stores and look at the kitchen section for kitchen items, the bedroom section for bedroom items, and so forth.  One of the things I would like to underscore is the potential for items to be multifunctional.  You don’t have to look at the TV stand section in Ikea to find TV stands.  Other shelves or furniture not made exactly for a specific purpose, can be multifunctional if you’re thinking outside of the box.  I think most people who have hip looking homes and apartments are thinking outside of the prepackaged functional box so to speak.  Think about this the next time you go to a furniture store.

Here is my current list of good places to buy essential home furniture:

Ikea:

The stuff is cheap, ya we know that, but it still is some one of the best combination of form and function ever created on a mass scale.  Not just that but this home furniture store is actually cheap.  It’s an affordable way to look cool and get everything you need from your furnishings.

Target:

Very similar to Ikea above.  The one main downfall about shopping for furniture at Target is the awfully limited selection.  Still, you can find items for your apartment or condo that are very similar to Ikea.  Target is also still the best place to shop when furnishing your dorm room.

Value City Furniture:

Finally, and I admittedly do not know if these exist throughout the country, but Value City Furniture stores are an affordable way to take a step above Ikea and Target in terms of quality.  Some of the design parts of Value City may not make your all that happy to be there, but I like it as a middle ground.