I would shop at Fantastic Furniture but their stores are even further away than Super Amart for me. Living in a small unit, I have had bits from Ikea over the years, but have slowly accumulated second hand furniture too. I like painting old bits and pieces different enamel paint colours.
We used to have a entertainment unit from there and only got rid of it as got a plasma that needed to be wall mounted as was too high on top of unit and didnt fit in hole tv was in. It was massive and solid we gave it to friends.
We also have bed side tables from there and a chest of drawers that are all still in good condition DH has fixed 1 of the drawers once but they are 8 years old!!!
Dining table and chairs are from there are all great, and glad didnt spend a lot as get covered in food etc with kids. Its also 8 years old and has only got dents now from kids bashing spoons on it!
Other things do look cheap and crappy there its just smart shopping and looking properly at things.
99% of our home is from there!!!!
When we sold the last house, we bought all new stuff for this house, which is twice the size.
You just need to shop smart. We have a 8 seater dining table, massive 10 seater corner lounge, ALL the beds, ours a king, 2 t.v units, the main a large black and glass one (gorgeous!) Lounge downstairs, bunks, 2 purple lounges in the library... I know there is more, but I cant rememeber right now... it was around $7,000 worth, and I have to say, my house looks like a show home.. very classy for a house with 6 kids in it!!!
Hmmm I think you get what you pay for to a degree but I think cheaper stuff is fine as long as you're gentle with it.
We've had cheaper things in the past and they are held up perfectly fine but then my SIL's have had things from the same place and it's been trashed within months, but that came down to how well it was looked after.
Buying furniture that lasts nowadays is very hard because you can pay $10k for a couch and it's still going to need to be replaced a few years down the line. You really need to look at the individual pieces and make sure they are made well. Some things are doomed from the start due to poor design/materials and you don't want to be wasting your money.
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