Haven’t been furniture shopping in a very long time.

[_Sheffjs_]

Picked out living room sofas, chairs and dinner table for the North Carolina digs we are both in agreement on. We actually found much better prices in Sarasota than Asheville so we take delivery here and will run them up at some point.  The thing I could not get over was how expensive the dressers, night stands and anything with drawers is, and it was absolute junk, seriously it was no better than slam together stuff. We hit three name brand stores! I suppose I should not look under the couch. Side note, local delivery was free but to deliver from Asheville to Sylva was was an astounding $500.

[DD]

 

[Jess from VA]

It's my understanding a lot of high end furniture is made in NC.

Furniture may be necessary to sit, sleep and eat on, but it is one of the best examples of something that's value drops precipitously once taken home.

I recently had to replace my good office chair.  Really nice, but the seat cushion turned into a board, and the chunk of foam I put on it was not cutting it.  Picked up a $200 Lazyboy kit at Costco.  Put it together and it looks very nice, but the seat is only OK.  

I have a 600lb treadmill I will donate.  Pickup only.  

 

[Jims99]

It's hard to find anything made decent anymore. I have made probably 35% of my furniture and make more as things need replaced. Estate sales are a good place to find well made furniture. If you like the style, anything can be redone or reupholstered. Nothings made like it was 50-60 years ago.

[Avanti]

I have spent over forty years building furniture for a living. Well crafted furniture you need to wait for. You can't go to the store and bring it home today or even have it delivered tomorrow.  But if you wait for it you can have it all your life and pass it on to the next generation.

[_Sheffjs_]

Thankfully I did not need a dresser or anything with drawers. We still have the same bedroom suit and it is still something that looks current and we like it.  Also noticed the drawers were built solid. Now have you priced beds lately? 

[Bronxboy]

Average price for a really good mattress is around 5K 

[_Sheffjs_]

Just the mattress.   

[hubcapsc]

Find someone who sells some of these brands... bring your wallet...

https://oldcolonyfurniture.com/brands/

I replaced the Hancock & Moore chair I sit in everyday recently, the
new one was just like the old one.

When I was at Old Colony I noticed that even though the drawers work like magic
on Stickley furniture, even they have plywood bottoms.

Next time I get a mattress, I might try one of those Internet companies like Casper.

-Mike

[OLDFRT]

Mattress stores are not too bad. We just paid $3800 for a Medium Firmness King Twin (or Twin King) at Tempurpedic. Great, if you like Firm Mattresses.

[hubcapsc]

Mattress stores are not too bad. We just paid $3800 for a Medium Firmness King Twin (or Twin King) at Tempurpedic. Great, if you like Firm Mattresses.

I went to a few mattress stores for my Aunt recently. She wanted a regular old
mattress that you can flip. All the mattress stores with the name brands seemed
the same, including the high prices and the absence of any flippable mattresses.

I went in to one of those "cheap" furniture stores and easily found a good old-fashioned
flippable mattress for $400, and she loved it.

-Mike

[Steel cowboy]

Try Sam's they have a large selection of mattresses

[Tundra]

What's all the love with these flippable mattresses? Do you flip them with people on them?

[hubcapsc]

What's all the love with these flippable mattresses? Do you flip them with people on them?

Mattresses just aren't like they used to be. Besides costing $4000.00 or more, they're 20 inches thick
and only have one side. I'm not sure why. I do know my 86 yo aunt hated her thick pillowtop
mattress and loves the old fashioned flippable one I got her at a roadside furniture store...

"When my poppa puts on a sale, he puts on a sale!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwK9pmjw2e8

-Mike

[Jess from VA]

Flipping and turning a mattress makes it last a long time.

Flipping a king, by yourself, in a small room takes some technique and some strength.  Sometimes you win, and sometimes the mattress wins.

My last good one lasted near 20 years by turning and flipping, and sleeping in different places on it.  But it finally got too bumpy.

My new one can only be turned, though it is not a pillow top.  It's the best one I ever had, and so far so good.  

It is a memory foam, but (supposedly) designed to minimize body heat retention.  With minimal bedding, heat only becomes a problem in July and August temps.  Even though I have central air, I keep a small window unit in the (upstairs) room, and that does the trick for hot weather (doors closed).

With memory foam, the softer it is, the more you sink in, the hotter it gets (and quicker).  Mine is on the firm side of medium.  

[Bronxboy]

Try Sam's they have a large selection of mattresses

I thought u bought yours at Webster 

[flsix]

I get all my flippable mattresses at the flea market.
They'll keep you busy for a few weeks pickn critters out of em but theys always cheap.