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Spice Up Your Furniture With Textiles

lucas20 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:10:54 +0000

The textiles section of the Ikea website is one of my favorite places for finding ways of spicing up that old furniture without purchasing new items. Let’s face it, not every piece in your home can be updated the minute you want it. In fact, your style will grow tired before your budget is ready for something new. Well, there is a cheaper way to improve the look of your home or apartment and that is with textiles. What do I mean by textiles? This can be anything from new rugs, pillows, throws, slip covers, etc. The Ikea store offers lots of cool, modern designs at affordable prices, but really many other places including Marshalls and TJ Maxx offer some interesting mixes for your furniture.

Think of Furniture as Multifunctional

lucas20 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:47 +0000

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.

Craigslist for Furniture

lucas20 — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:12:06 +0000

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!