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Ikea does delivery and assembly for a modest price, if lot of things are bought at the same time.. delivery would be about $35 and assembly would be about $200-$500 depending on the amount of furniture bought. That would be the cheapest option I believe.
yup, and Ikea's higher end stuff. not the cheap MDF with a veneer.
my first apartment was primarily furnished with ikea's cheap stuff. realistically, it will last a very long time as long as you dont abuse it. in this scenario, i think its a waste to buy higher end stuff if you like the lower end stuff. the only time the furniture got any visible damage was when we moved it and i didnt pack it good enough to protect it.
my first apartment was primarily furnished with ikea's cheap stuff. realistically, it will last a very long time as long as you dont abuse it. in this scenario, i think its a waste to buy higher end stuff if you like the lower end stuff. the only time the furniture got any visible damage was when we moved it and i didnt pack it good enough to protect it.
I agree. I still have a cheap IKEA dining table I bought for less than $100 about 15 years ago. I use it in the basement now, but it still looks great.
IKEA would be my first go-to. Also might be worth checking in at Ashley in Secaucus, very close to North Bergen. I bought a sofa there a few years ago that I'm very happy with. There's also Value City in Bayonne.
Facebook Marketplace and Nextdoor are good for picking up used furniture on the cheap. I got a nice bar set on Facebook a couple years ago for like $40 and the guy dropped it off. I wouldn't buy sofas or mattresses or soft chairs anything like that used, though.
my first apartment was primarily furnished with ikea's cheap stuff. realistically, it will last a very long time as long as you dont abuse it. in this scenario, i think its a waste to buy higher end stuff if you like the lower end stuff. the only time the furniture got any visible damage was when we moved it and i didnt pack it good enough to protect it.
I want to buy stuff that lasts, and the cheaper lines don't. The MDF they use is thinner, the veneer isn't glued on as well, the boards start to bow in the middle, etc.
for this reason, I prefer to buy quality from the get go, and not deal with tossing the old and then lugging the new one home, assembling, and repeating after 5-10 years.
I want to buy stuff that lasts, and the cheaper lines don't. The MDF they use is thinner, the veneer isn't glued on as well, the boards start to bow in the middle, etc.
for this reason, I prefer to buy quality from the get go, and not deal with tossing the old and then lugging the new one home, assembling, and repeating after 5-10 years.
this flawed logic is why people waste so much money on furniture.
how is it flawed? I have/had some crappy Ikea furniture that's fallen apart.
I have more expensive stuff that hasn't.
a lot of people have had that same cheap ikea furniture last basically as long as they wanted it to. most furniture will. but there is this general myth that you need to buy expensive furniture for it to last that many people seem to have bought into.
Based upon what they are telling me, many retail places -- due to the pandemic -- are running way behind on delivery schedules.
Yes, I just bought all nee furniture for my new house and it’s 12 weeks minimum out. Basically, if it isn’t in a warehouse at the time of purchase, you’ll be waiting months.
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