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The area in which this drives me the craziest is furniture. I have no idea how to find high quality durable furniture. Price signals definitely aren't it, but I
by sanderjd 3y ago
The area in which this drives me the craziest is furniture. I have no idea how to find high quality durable furniture. Price signals definitely aren't it, but I have no idea what signals I can look for, or where to go to find them.
- nerdchum 3y agoFurniture is INSANE! Ive never felt like I was in a more skeezy situation than mattress shopping.
- frutiger 3y agoDesign Within Reach, Herman Miller, Room & Board, Blu Dot, ...
- sanderjd 3y agoThanks this is really helpful. But how do I know what is or isn't junk at these retailers? None of the ones on this list have a showroom near me. And what goes in the ... ?
- ticviking 3y agoYou have to learn enough about how they are built and then haunt local consignment shops for good finds. It’s taken my wife and I years to slowly get pieces that will last the rest of our life.
- sanderjd 3y agoI have two young children, I don't have time to "haunt" anything. But before we had kids we tried this with consignment stores, would spend like a year looking for some simple piece of furniture, and end up with junk anyway.
- vGPU 3y agoIn general: pick the heaviest ones.