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I’m looking for some new bedroom furniture, and so far am uninspired by what I’ve seen. It’s either from big box stores- dated or boring styles, shitty materials and flimsy, or from designer stores at ridiculous prices. My search continues for my goldilocks furniture. Or maybe I should give up and buy the boring stuff because am tired of looking. So much of it is same same. How can there be so much choice yet so little at the same time.
Hit the government auction sites, the larger charity shops like the Vinnies/Salvos. The shops where they do furniture like the one in Trenerry Crescent in Abbotsford and the one in Smith St Collingwood.
I may check it out, but the reason I’m replacing it is I’m tired of the worn out set I currently have and want something nicer that will last me a while. So I think I’m gonna try for new but maybe finding something high quality second hand might work out too.
I found this too when I started looking, it's not easy. The affordable options are boring or made from crappy materials. I have a 3m wall that I'm trying to fit a king bed, means I need a bed frame which isn't super bulky and side tables that aren't huge. Limits the already limited options.
You can mix and match bedroom furnture which can be a cheaper way to do it. Not buying those packages where everything matches. That's all I know.
So much bulkiness! So many super wide bedside tables. I think I'm gonna end up doing a mix and match to get what I like.
Yep, finding any besides less than 600mm wide is hard. And then when you do find them, the matching bedframe is bulky, or it's all cheap materials or ugly. A lot needs to go right to get the right bedroom furniture package. I'm going to mix and match too.
I would buy old and solid Italian furniture and buy a new mattress
Yeah they don’t make quality like they used too.
I got ours from https://www.interiorsecrets.com.au/collections/bed-frames. Got a hardwood since we owned to replace the old ikea malm (which I quite liked! But the mrs didnt). It wasnt cheap compared to idea, but it is nice having a proper wood frame.