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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 170267, member: 51"]Would make an interesting T.V. show to be sure, and poses some interesting questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just went through this with D, she is completely open to hunting out used items to furnish a place (she's watched me do it successfully for years) but in the end the last few things we couldn't find either at GW or Craigslist, were purchased at Target. Target definitely markets to the college age crowd, with trendy looking furnishings, not too expensive. It helps that we are in a town with a GW that has nicer things and a very quick turnover so checking back a few times, we got some really great stuff. It does come down to time. Working and school, sometimes Target/IKEA is just faster. When I lived in PA, the thrifts were the same, day after day, almost no turnover. In a location like that it would take forever to try to buy used.</p><p><br /></p><p>But have to agree, STYLE was paramount. There was a "look" in mind, no negotiations on that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 170267, member: 51"]Would make an interesting T.V. show to be sure, and poses some interesting questions. Just went through this with D, she is completely open to hunting out used items to furnish a place (she's watched me do it successfully for years) but in the end the last few things we couldn't find either at GW or Craigslist, were purchased at Target. Target definitely markets to the college age crowd, with trendy looking furnishings, not too expensive. It helps that we are in a town with a GW that has nicer things and a very quick turnover so checking back a few times, we got some really great stuff. It does come down to time. Working and school, sometimes Target/IKEA is just faster. When I lived in PA, the thrifts were the same, day after day, almost no turnover. In a location like that it would take forever to try to buy used. But have to agree, STYLE was paramount. There was a "look" in mind, no negotiations on that.[/QUOTE]
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