Furniture stores/websites LIKE Ikea?

[IntlSet]

Are there any similiarly super-inexpensive furniture stores or website?

I plan to blow a small fortune (for me, at least) on one really gorgeous piece at Design Within Reach. Haven't decided yet but the rest of my furniture needs to be cheap.

Thank you!

 

[ahertz]

It's not quite as cheap as IKEA, but there's West Elm westelm.com.

 

[MAGs]

Try Eurway.com I love their furnitures there.

 

[sailornep5]

http://www.onthegoliving.com/

My husband and I furnished both our homes from here. It's in the Bay Area but I think they may have suggestions on other similar furniture shops in other cities.

 

[lorihmatthews]

CB2, which is the lesser priced version of Crate & Barrel.

What are you getting at DWR? Do tell!

 

[guccimamma]

would you consider craigslist? i know it sounds sketchy, but i have found wonderful pieces...pottery barn, restoration hardware, ethan allen

so many people purchase furniture, then move or change their style....if you have a little patience...you can get some great stuff.

i bought an entire Pottery barn Bedford Desk system (2 corner desks, 1 rectangular desk) 6 matching file cabinets and wall system....for $1000!!!
i added it all up, and the total would have been well over $3000 on the website, and it was exactly the desk system i wanted for our office.

you have to pay cash, and haul it...but the time and money saved is soo worth it!

 

[IntlSet]

^^^
guccimamma, I totally would if I had a car! It's just not cost-effective for me to rent a car for a few days in an attempt to collect furniture as I find it... I doubt I'll find everything I want on Craigslist at one go while I can have a car for one day. It may be good for some smaller items I can just pick up and take home in a cab with me.

And you're right, there are definitely some good deals on craigslist... and also some astonishingly bad ones, like people who charge near retail for a 5 year old Pottery Barn couch -- who do you think you're fooling? LOL I actually got rid of all my furniture in college by listing it for free on ebay. People came and hauled it away and it was great!

 

[guccimamma]

whoops, yes a car is mandatory...we have a mini-van (still pains me to say it)
but every weekend i find something (last week it was a teak patio set)

my husband keeps joking that he is going to need a truck soon.

but i give stuff away all the time too. boy there are some weirdos out there that come, but some very nice people.

i swear i am not some crazy junk collector!!!

 

[pattylauren]

They don't really have a lot of furniture per say, but the container store reminds me a lot of IKEA. They have some great, cheap stuff.

The Container Store

 

[Kpassa]

With the popping of the housing bubble a lot of people are finding out that it's cheaper to sell your furniture than it is to have it moved. Now is a great time to buy. Craigslist has already been mentioned, look for local sales and ret a truck from Home Depot or Lowes for a couple of hours if you don't have a truck of your own. IKEA, isn't that the Swedish word for particle board?

 

[margaritaxmix]

The Great Indoors.
http://www.thegreatindoors.com/

They are a bit more pricey though...

 

[luckycharm06]

We've gotten some great pieces from overstock.com...You have to assemble yourself, but for the price and low shipping, it was worth it!!!