After waiting for a little shy of a month after I took occupancy back in early April, it seems like the tradesmen have abandoned fixing my unit, so it’s probably time for me to move in. It has been a hectic week because I was unprepared for moving, and the need for condo size furnitures creped up on me.
It all started last week when I began my search for furnitures, and it was both frustrating and stressful. The big items that I need are:
- Bed Frame
- Mattress
- Night side table
- Sofa (With bed and storage)
- Dining Table (extendable)
- 2 Stools for kitchen island
- Coffee Table
- TV console unit
- Rug
- Floor lamp
- Table lamp
Let me tell you that it is extremely difficult to find things that you love - things that you feel good paying for. My journey for furniture started at the King East area. It is a very trendy and sophisticated area, so I didn’t expect to find good prices here. But you get what you pay for, and I do want my place to look nice.
I ventured into EQ3, where the prices seems to be good. One of the items that caught my eye was the bed featured on the lower level. It is simplistic and modern, and the price starts at $549!
Perfect! …or so I thought. It turns out that the featured bed was decked out with options. For drawers on the side, it’s $300 more. To add a headboard, it costs couple hundreds more. By the time I have a full bed frame with storage, it’s over $1000! So I think I’ll pass, but I got to give credit to their sale tactics, because I would never have looked at the bed if they displayed the full price.
Another piece that caught my eye here is the arc lamp. I’ve seen a lot of similar arc lamps, but all of them differs in price. This floor lamp at EQ3 is priced at $199, but I’m a little hesitant to make a purchase when I don’t know why there is such a big gap in prices for arc lamps, so I’ll have to do my homework and research on them.
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