Hi, I've been looking for some furniture. I usually buy used but I'm not sure how to avoid getting bed bugs. Wondering what others think of buying used with the bed bug problems that are out there.

 

We have a very small bunaglow with small rooms and a lot of the furniture out there is too big and bulky to fit into the rooms. We have got a few things at garage sales. 

 

I've heard about Levins, Wayside and World Market.  The Wayside clearance center looks pretty good and they seem to have better quality stuff. I've looked at some things in Sweet Loraine vintage and they seem a little overpriced.  Lorain used furniture on Lorain near W. 46th looks like it has some nice used furniture. They say they "sanitize" the upholstered furniture but I'm not sure if that gets rid of bed bugs.

 

What has others experience been. Where do you buy used or new furniture.  We have some stuff from our parents but that has mostly worn out. We had it for over 20 years.  We'd like to have some furnishings that harmonize with the era of the bungalow.  It was built in the fifties.

 

 

Estate sales.

I can recommend new furniture places...for smaller scale furniture I usually recommend the following.  Room and Board has sofas that you can order in many sizes, and it's good quality and made in North Carolina and fits in with contemporary casual.  CB2 is Crate and Barrel's modern lower priced younger store.  Most of it is smaller sized for urban spaces.  Has kind of an ikea look to it but better quality.  For cheap stuff, there is always IKEA.  Not the best quality but mostly sized to fit smaller spaces. 

 

It is harder to find smaller scale furniture these days at traditional furniture stores....but if you have your measurements and stay away from huge arms on chairs and sofas you can find a few options. 

 

I would also recommend going to Amish country to Andreas Furniture in Sugarcreek, my parents shop there and have an older home with smaller scale rooms.

 

http://www.andreasfurniture.com/default.php

 

http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/

 

http://www.cb2.com/

Thanks for the info.  I have been having pretty good luck with estate sales, especially if they are in an area of smaller homes or condos.

 

Has anyone bought one of the ottomans that converts into a twin bed?  They have them on Amazon.com for sale.  It looks like a great space saving item for someone who has overnight guests and not a lot of room.  World Market (worldmarket.com)  also has furniture that has multiple uses but I'm not sure of the quality.