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TIPS to being a successful Catalog shopper.

Below are some helpful tips on what to look for as you catalog shop for your next furniture piece. After years of selling online and most of my customers relying solely on a picture on some of their most important purchases, I know what will help the average consumer make their shopping experience less shocking. Even I go by some of these same guidelines when shopping for anything via catalog. Furniture pictures used in catalogs are meant to project style and quality. Sometimes the color seen may be slightly lighter or darker in reality. 1. The first and most important tricky factor in catalog shopping is the color of the item. If you are looking for an exact shade when buying your furniture, catalog shopping may not be for you. Below are a couple of reasons why. a. The color pictured on your monitor may not be the actual color of the item you will receive. There are many factors that feed into this. Your monitor color settings may not be the same as your next door neighbor’s. For i...

Tips on Buying Furniture

There are allot of factors that feed into your final decision on what furniture pieces you will purchase. Cost, style, color, durability , and overall look and feel that you are going for. My first apartment, I was really into the queen a nne victorian look on a very small budget. My apartment warming present from my mom was a beautiful, victorian style couch from big lots. Lucky me, that was the most expensive purchase besides the dining set. My first coffee set was an inexpensive cherry coffee set. I got a beautiful swivel tv stand from Clay Road Furniture. It was on clearance and an awesome deal. My dining set matched the coffee set to a tee so I was happy that the colors and style flowed in my living quarters of the apartment and I worked hard at finding the best deals. It was the search for my first apartment's furniture that made me want to sell furniture. I was selling jewelry back then at Trader's Village and was looking for another business to get into. It was ...