Do you like it or loathe it? Not much of a shopper myself, but my furniture is 17 years old and is ready for the junk pile. One of my rocking chairs broke when I was sitting in it a few weeks ago (! ) so it's off to the stores for me to find two new rocking chairs and a sofa as well. After 17 years, I would say that I got my money's worth on them, since they're ripped and stained anyway.

Yeah, I'd say you got your money out of your furniture


I love shopping for furniture. I wish I could go with you.



BTW....I don't wanna know what "stained" your couch.

Nothinbutjoy said:

about the stains on my couch. Don't worry it's not what you might think. Mostly food and soda stains. Wish you could go with me too, it's nice to get another person's opinion on furniture. Probably will take my mom with me, since when I went shopping on my own a few weeks back, I couldn't find anything I liked.

Me and my mates use to go into furniture shops, sit on them, then some pouncy guy would come over and politely ask us to leave. Then we would "act" by saying goofy stuff like "you got any pearl white, oak chairs by any chance" or whatever dumb crap we could think of. We would haunt the same shops for a while every saturday. We got banned from all of them in the city eventually. And we even made one guy cry after we left.

We saw him crying.

thesexofit said:

A guy crying? What a wuss!

Nothinbutjoy said:

I have stains on my pool table cloth.




Someone spilled their drink on it a few years ago.

TMPletz said:

Drink stains can be impossible to remove.

psychodelicide said:

HEY !!

i think crying men can be sexy

psychodelicide said:

Why does it seem that some really ifeminate sorta guys work in furniture shops? "excuse me, but could u please leave this store". "why dont u just leave us alone, we ain't bothering u!"

We thought we were so cool back then. But we showed 'em. The guy who cried, would always get into a big strop every week. Sometimes, he would walk out the back and get his mananger (who was a women) to ask us to leave. I miss that dude.

"iam not dealing with u hooligans today". Pftt, fine.

nakedpianoplayer said:

Really? Guess it would depend on whether or not I was attracted to the guy.

thesexofit said:

nakedpianoplayer said:

A guy who cant handle a couple of 15 year olds, who were not even being agressive.

"boo hoo, they made me cry". I find girls that cry vunurable to having sex with u.

I hate the limited selection.
Either very expensive or junk.

littlemissG said:

Agreed! I'm trying to find a light colored print couch, and all the print couches that are around are either floral or early American (like something you would see at your grandmother's house). If they're not floral or early American, they're very dark colored (black, brown, or red), which does not match my decor at all.

i can frequently be found sitting in my pretend livingroom
in the sears furniture store

it's eggplant purple
it's leather
it's beautiful

and it will never happen in my lifetime

emm said:

I love the smell of leather, not to mention that it's so comfy. You sit on a piece of leather furniture, and you just sink into it; it's soo comfy.

psychodelicide said:

well this is more classically styled - the furniture guy told me the leather was rolled through a hot wax press to make it soo shiny!!
did i mention it is ridiculously expensive??

but i can imagine having all sorts of fun on it

nakedpianoplayer said:

emm said:

Leather is definitely expensive, no doubt about it.

i like pier one furniture. never boring and usually kinda funky/quirky. we have a lot of upscale places for furniture around here, but peir one is my fav. ikea is fun too

I don't like it Takes too long to make my decision... I'll go back to places 2 or 3 times, it's fucking tiring

That said, I need some new living room furniture

I just bought a leather reclining couch.

It was fun and stressful at the same time.

Couches are misleading, they seem all nice and sturdy and comfy in the store. Then you get them home and like 2 months later, the padding is all flat, and the fabric is all streched out and distorted. Some seem to hold their shape better than others, and I can never tell which ones are the right kind to buy.

i like cushions. japanese zabutons. pile enough of those babies up and poof! instant couch. break them down and presto! easy chairs!

I cant stand the assembly aspect.

I need this


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Dunno what your budget is but if I could afford it my house would be full of Horchow. http://www.horchow.com
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I love going with/for others but, not for myself. I get a vision of what I want and I have to have it! When I start looking, nothing ever matches up to what I want. Or sometimes its's insanely expensive so I have to change something in my Grand Plan.

Have fun!

I don't do it very often...(we ain't got it like THAT)...but I do need to
buy a coffee table. I'm embarrassed to say that we've been using a large
cooler in it's place for years now.

I'm looking for a large one with plenty of storage underneath.

Recently we spent almost $2000 on a sectional couch w/ two pullout
recliners and a pull out bed.

XxAxX said:

Forgot all about Pier 1.