Inexpensive furniture can make it financially possible for you to rent a luxury apartment home. You could also have enough money to put a good down payment on that house that you have wanted to purchase for several years. It could be the house that you see each time you drive to work or pass on your way to the mall or another shopping area.

Difference between inexpensive furniture and cheap furniture

To ensure that you get quality, inexpensive furniture, get a clear on the difference between inexpensive furniture and cheap furniture. Cheap furniture may not cost much or it might have a high price tag. What cheap furniture won’t do is be durable for a long period of time.


Some cheap furniture will start to break down within one year. Padding in cheap furniture can flatten, creating dents and sink holes in sofas and chairs. Cheap furniture also scratches and stains easily. Another thing that might happen with cheap furniture is that it might become off balance.

You’ll notice this if your kitchen and living room chairs start to tilt or lean to one side. Coffee and end tables can also become off balance. It’s why you might see manually inserted balancers at the bottom of some table and chair legs. Also, drawers in dressers and other furniture pieces that are glued or nailed together are other signs that furniture is cheap. Quality furniture pieces may be dovetailed. They are also knot free.

How to test house furniture

On the other hand, quality furniture can be inexpensive. It doesn’t have to be pricey. Just make sure that you test furniture regardless of where you buy it or how much the furniture cost. Following are a few ways that you can test the durability and quality of house furniture, including inexpensive furniture:

• Check the binding in furniture pieces. Again, dovetailed or mortise joiners are good.
• Scratch check furniture by running a fingernail over the top of a wood piece. If it scratches, it’s probably a cheap piece of furniture.
• Sit on furniture to test the coiling. Quality furniture is hand coiled. The coil in cheap furniture might poke you.
• Place weight on tables and chairs to ensure that they are evenly balanced.
• Turn over chair and sofa cushions. Good cushions look and work well on either side.

Finding quality, inexpensive furniture

It’s possible to find inexpensive furniture in remote locations as well as in major cities. You just have to know where to look. Following are great places to where you can find quality, inexpensive furniture:

• Furniture consignment shops
• Antique shows, including traveling antique shows
• Name brand furniture outlet stores
• Flea markets (you might pick up quality decorative furniture pieces at flea markets)
• Yard sales
• Online furniture stores
• Foreclosure auctions
  
  
  To recoup money on a foreclosed home, banks might sell quality furniture at low prices. This could be a good chance to get quality furniture at inexpensive prices. Older relatives and people you know who are relocating into a larger or smaller home are also good resources. In fact, theses people might be looking for someone who will purchase their furniture, even quality furniture that they may have had in their family for several years.