Wow... I Had No Idea How Expensive Some Furniture Is...

[Jaime]

Because the doofus that started this thread thought the topic was lame and moved my thread

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='Raphael' post='1413825' date='Nov 3 2007, 07:40 PM']$650 is the minimum price for most mattresses...yikes...I'm going to go get one at Big Lots...$250 there...

Now to figure out how to get a couch...[/quote]
Ikea is a good deal, don't dismiss their stuff so quickly.
[url="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10094381"]http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10094381[/url]

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1414055' date='Nov 4 2007, 09:19 AM']Ikea is a good deal, don't dismiss their stuff so quickly.
[url="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10094381"]http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10094381[/url][/quote]
Hmmm...I was dismissing their couches...but that mattress is a good deal. Any idea if it's a good mattress?

Also, it says a slatted bed base is necessary...does that mean I wouldn't have to buy a foundation mattress, I could just get 2x4s and lay them in the frame as the mattress support? That would save me about $100 if I didn't have to buy a foundation...

[Thy Geekdom Come]

Well...that's out...the shipping and handling charges were more than the mattress!

[Mercy me]

Ikea is in Houston and they are worth the drive. You can get their mattress and then a platform bed frame from another souce or put it on the floor until you find one like or can afford.

I had a garage sale sofa that worked great for me. Garage or better yet estate sales are the way to go on sofas.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='Raphael' post='1414063' date='Nov 4 2007, 11:11 AM']Hmmm...I was dismissing their couches...but that mattress is a good deal. Any idea if it's a good mattress?

Also, it says a slatted bed base is necessary...does that mean I wouldn't have to buy a foundation mattress, I could just get 2x4s and lay them in the frame as the mattress support? That would save me about $100 if I didn't have to buy a foundation...[/quote]
My son got the mattrress, box springs part and screw-in legs for under $300, definitely worth it.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Mercy me' post='1414088' date='Nov 4 2007, 11:31 AM']Ikea is in Houston and they are worth the drive. You can get their mattress and then a platform bed frame from another souce or put it on the floor until you find one like or can afford.[/quote]

Somehow I think driving to Houston is a bad idea for me right now...

[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=74338"]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=74338[/url]

[Brother Adam]

I guess that makes my suggestion right out. They don't have any stores in LA

[Totus Tuus]

Make sure all of the middle-aged women at your church know you are desirous of furniture. They'll have an excuse to talk their husbands into buying them a new couch when they give their lightly-worn couch to the poor, almost-married fellow from church.

[Old_Joe]

[quote name='Raphael' post='1413969' date='Nov 3 2007, 10:34 PM']Maybe you hadn't noticed that I don't live in Lincoln anymore...

[/quote]


since when!?!

seriously though, it happens in other places too. I once saw a toilet out on the curb.

Have you looked at garage sales? maybe not for the mattress, though.

Edited November 5, 2007 by Old_Joe

[morostheos]

What about craigslist? We've gotten a lot of furniture from there for cheap.

[-I---Love]

I would recommend the original mattress factory. I just got a double there a few months ago.

You can get all cheap and used stuff, but when it comes to a mattress, that which you are sleeping on 8 hours per night, if it isn't working to get you a good sleep, then you are going to have serious problems!! And you may not realize the problems it is causing to your back and lack of deep sleep until a ways down the road.

I know it doesn't sound appealing, but shelling out $200 more for a good mattress is the only wise choice.

Btw just b/c a pillow top is soft, doesn't mean it gives enough support for your back.

Research mattresses a bit, lay on the ones you are looking at for 5 MINUTES and really try them out. That's why they are sitting in the store for you to try - not just to look at or touch.

[scardella]

If you spend money on something, spend it on the mattress. It's the 1 piece of furniture that you use the most often, unless you're sleeping through the night on your couch on a regular basis. There's no other piece of furniture at your house that you're in constant contact with for 6+ hours a day.

[Totus Tuus]

[quote name='morostheos' post='1414592' date='Nov 4 2007, 10:44 PM']What about craigslist? We've gotten a lot of furniture from there for cheap.[/quote]

I forgot about that. It might be a good option!

[alicemary]

I really agree, a good matress is an investment and should last for years. I would be cautious about second hand matresses, unless you really know the people. You need to know what is lurking under those springs!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='alicemary' post='1415037' date='Nov 5 2007, 08:32 PM']I really agree, a good matress is an investment and should last for years. I would be cautious about second hand matresses, unless you really know the people. You need to know what is lurking under those springs![/quote]
Yeah...I got a friend who was helping someone move some things out of a warehouse and found some mattresses...he said the guy doesn't need them, so I may have just found some. I assume their good mattresses, but since I slept on an airbed for a year, I really don't mind having a poor mattress for a while.

Oh, and a lady at church offered me a couch. I'm going to go see it tomorrow. Then she said, "and if there's anything else out there you want, take it."

[CoffeeCatholic]

Craigslist all the way- and freecycle- and salvation army. I seriously furnished my appartment for like $200

[MissScripture]

[quote name='alicemary' post='1415037' date='Nov 5 2007, 08:32 PM']I really agree, a good matress is an investment and should last for years. I would be cautious about second hand matresses, unless you really know the people. You need to know what is lurking under those springs![/quote]
I thought it was illegal to sell used matresses?

[Deus te Amat]

Dont rip off the tag. They'll find you.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Deus_te_Amat' post='1415368' date='Nov 6 2007, 07:49 AM']Dont rip off the tag. They'll find you.[/quote]
I remember the old commercials!