Friday, May 9, 2008

Advise... I need it!

So Ryan has given me the go ahead to start buying furniture to decorate our new (5 month old) house. The problem now is that I don't know where to start. I'm going to start with buying new night stands for our bedroom because I literally have been using a Home Depot box since we moved in and its a cheap and easy first step...

So I have some choices to make. One I could go the really simple route and order one of these choices from Ikea, 






































Two, I could get unfinished furniture and stain it how I want:


This is an example from store around here, I'm not loving the feet or height of this one...











Or C I could take some initiative and find some antique or vintage store around Salt Lake to find something that I love. But who knows how costly that will be... The mind reels...

7 comments:

Ames said...

I've never been to Ikea, so if you need someone to come with you to investigate, I'm totally volunteering. Or I'll run around Salt Lake and look in random stores. It might be hard to believe, but occasionally I can be convinced to go shopping--but it's only because I'm such a helpful friend.

I like the Ikea pieces; since they're cheap maybe you can experiment a bit and paint some accents on them yourself.

Alison said...

I'm a huge fan of Ikea, so therefore I pick go to Ikea!

Brit Warner said...

Mike and I actually got the second nightstand from ikea in red and I like them.. they are a good hight and they were cheap enough that I am going to paint over them to match our room... I would recommend them...
but I just found a new store that has comparable prices to Ikea, but the furniture is made better..
urban home

Lacee Jo-nes said...

Brit, is there an Urban home here in utah, or is it just a California store?

Oh!! and does it look cheaply made in real life, or is it decently sturdy?

Brit Warner said...

just in California and turns out they do not sale online yet.. but soon... the furniture is better quality than Ikea. It looks great in real life..

BreAnna said...

thanks for sending me the link to your blog! I love blogs! I wish I had a house to decorate! I REALLY REALLY want to see pictures!

Anonymous said...

Ikea gets my vote too! If you've ever looked in my bedroom, you know how much I love Ikea.