Essential Home Furniture

It’s hard to easily ignore furniture feet.  When choosing new furniture for your home or apartment, however, having some really complementary furniture feet can make all the difference.  I always struggled, however, because I never really knew all of the different types of furniture feet.  That is to say that I didn’t know what I was missing.  Anyway, I stumbled upon this mini furniture feet gallery that has many different pictures of furniture feet.  It’s something worth paying additional attention to if you are buying new or used furniture.  Of course antique furniture probably highlights this “accessory” more than new furniture, but still a useful way to tie a room together.

Many young professionals use Craigslist to furnish their homes and apartments.  This basically stems from a desire to keep things cheap.  I think that finding essential home furniture off Craigslist can be a great idea.  I also think that it can be a huge pain and lead to mixed results.   I tend to believe that if you spend as much time on Craigslist looking for discounts and affordable new furniture you can put together something for a very similar price.  I will say that one of the best uses of Craigslist for furniture, however, is using it to buy used Ikea goods.  There’s one simple reason for that: it’s already put together!

Well this is the maiden post of our essential home furniture blog.  The goal of this space on the internet will be to display some modern furniture that we think is perfect for the young professional.  The emphasis will be on furnishings for apartments, houses, and condos that make sense.  Nothing too intricate or flashy, but a focus on interior design that makes your home feel like home – and look good too!  I hope that we can also offer information on discount home furniture and ways that you can save money furnishing your apartment in these tough economic times.  I will go into bedroom, kitchen, living room, and dining room furniture.  The focus will also be on online shopping.  Many people do not realized that furniture stores online are not just a viable way to preview furniture, but also to buy it.